I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bay leaf
bay window
loading bay
the sick bay (= a room where there are beds for people who are sick, for example on a ship or in a school )
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I was confined to the ship's sick bay until we arrived back in Liverpool.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
beautiful
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She were a beautiful bay mare with feet like butcher's blocks.
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Port-au-Prince rises like an amphitheatre above one of the most beautiful bays in the world.
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We chose the southern route for our cruise and so our first port of call was the beautiful bay of Les Saintes.
big
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Roomy High Victorian pub, with big bay windows and glass partitions.
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She pushed back her hair, as bright as copper in the sunshine that slanted through the big bay window.
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If you like big bays , you'd like my boy Oscar.
large
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The cathedral has the traditional triforium arcade with two round arches under one larger one per bay and clerestory windows above.
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Days start with a morning chat, and most windsurfing takes place in the large bay .
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The bedroom had large bay windows covered with grubby nets.
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At the northern end of the larger bay lie the town of Kalloni and its nearby solar saltworks.
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It was the only unit with a large bay window and interest came from local, regional and national businesses.
sandy
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It was squat and solid, in a cove, with outbuildings, some land and its own sandy bay .
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Here the east coast is bleak and low, and the spume-filled sea lashes the sandy bay .
small
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She reminds me of a small animal at bay .
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Tor suggests we try to stop in the small bay where we will touch the mainland.
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Bitez, a small holiday bay on the Bodrum Peninsula, is described on page 42 and 43.
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The late sun setting over the mainland lays a bright path over the water, coming right in at the small bay .
wide
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It is more a wide bay with mostly low foreshores, opening out to the north-east into the Barents Sea.
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There, the palm-tree-lined beach curves gently around a wide bay .
■ NOUN
cargo
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Hoffman said the end of the tether draped in the cargo bay was discolored, perhaps charred by burning.
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There were cargo bays and airlocks situated at random among the folds and spirals, but all of them remained closed.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a loading bay
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sailboats on the bay
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the San Francisco Bay
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the space shuttle's cargo bay
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And then the floor of the bay was rushing up towards them.
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But I have to keep the reality and the horror at bay .
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Each truck would drive into the bay beside the tower, replacing a truck that had just been emptied of its load.
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He kept his disease at bay , changed his diet and actually got bigger and stronger.
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In a bay where the two arms of the L joined was an open vintage car.
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The east shore of the bay had no airport landing strip, no railhead, no long-distance bus terminal.
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The old-fashioned three-bay barn - the centre bay with doors each end for loading - has much in its favour.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
blood
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The Nanchong affair was obviously about much more than a crowd in a stadium baying for the blood of four vagrants.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Hark! her hounds are baying through the town.
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He just crouches on the corner at lunchtime and occasionally bays, like a wolf or coyote.
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Provoked beyond control, Satan bayed in fury and launched himself at his tormentor's face.
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Then it bayed and Jim was stricken with terror.
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There they were shown into a room, leaving the press-hounds baying outside.
III. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Add lentils, thyme, and bay leaf.
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Add the thyme, bay leaves, potatoes and juniper with the sausages.
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Beador had lent her a magnificent five-year-old mealy bay gelding, called Fontana.
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I forgot to say take out the bay leaf before it sets.
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Remove bay leaf and serve over rice.
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Remove bay leaves and adjust seasonings before serving.
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Skim off excess fat from pan, and add shallots, juniper berries, and bay leaves.
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The stonework around the bay windows was crumbling and the upper front bay had developed a distinct list.