Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bay
Participle: bayed
Gerund: baying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bay |
| you | bay |
| he;she;it | bays |
| we | bay |
| you | bay |
| they | bay |
Perfect
| I | have bayed |
| you | have bayed |
| he;she;it | has bayed |
| we | have bayed |
| you | have bayed |
| they | have bayed |
Past
| I | bayed |
| you | bayed |
| he;she;it | bayed |
| we | bayed |
| you | bayed |
| they | bayed |
Pluperfect
| I | had bayed |
| you | had bayed |
| he;she;it | had bayed |
| we | had bayed |
| you | had bayed |
| they | had bayed |
Future
| I | will bay |
| you | will bay |
| he;she;it | will bay |
| we | will bay |
| you | will bay |
| they | will bay |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bayed |
| you | will have bayed |
| he;she;it | will have bayed |
| we | will have bayed |
| you | will have bayed |
| they | will have bayed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bay |
| you | bay |
| he;she;it | bay |
| we | bay |
| you | bay |
| they | bay |
Perfect
| I | have bayed |
| you | have bayed |
| he;she;it | have bayed |
| we | have bayed |
| you | have bayed |
| they | have bayed |
Imperfect
| I | bayed |
| you | bayed |
| he;she;it | bayed |
| we | bayed |
| you | bayed |
| they | bayed |
Pluperfect
| I | had bayed |
| you | had bayed |
| he;she;it | had bayed |
| we | had bayed |
| you | had bayed |
| they | had bayed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bay |
| you | would bay |
| he;she;it | would bay |
| we | would bay |
| you | would bay |
| they | would bay |
Perfect
| I | would have bayed |
| you | would have bayed |
| he;she;it | would have bayed |
| we | would have bayed |
| you | would have bayed |
| they | would have bayed |
Imperative
| you | bay |
| we | Let's bay |
| you | bay |
Verbs conjugated like 'bay'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bay'
baa,
bab,
baby,
bad,
bag,
bam,
ban,
bap,
bar,
bat,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "howl of a hound" (especially when hunting), c.1300, from O.Fr. bayer, from PIE base *bai- echoic of howling (cf. Gk. bauzein, L. baubari "to bark," Eng. bow-wow; cf. also bawl). Noun meaning "cornering of a hunted animal" is also 14c. At bay (1649) is from special sense of "chorus raised by hounds in conflict with quarry."
2. From the root *bai, combined with aphetized form of abay; verbal form of baier, abaier.
Sample Sentences
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“ Well, the dogs bayed and howled, and we rode and scampered, and finally we started him. He ran and bounded like a buck, and kept us well in the rear for some time; but at last he got caught in an impenetrable thicket of [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] and scampered, and finally we started him. He ran and bounded like a buck, and kept us well in the rear for some time; but at last he got caught in an impenetrable thicket of cane; then he turned to bay, and I tell you he fought the dogs right gallantly. He dashed them to right and left, and actually killed three of them with only his naked fists, when a shot from a gun brought him down, and he [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)