bebay

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verb

To bay around or about; embay; hem in; surround.

OriginMiddle English beien ← Old English bīeġan ← Proto-Germanic *bi- →
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Meanings

verbbebay (third-person singular simple present bebays, present participle bebaying, simple past and past participle bebayed)

present singular third person bebays · participle present bebaying · participle past bebayed · past bebayed

  1. raretransitiveTo bay around or about; embay; hem in; surround.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
besetforsetsurround

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*bi-
  2. Old Englishbīeġan“to bend, turn, turn back, incline, depress, abase, humiliate, subject, persuade, convert”
  3. Middle Englishbeien
  4. Englishbebay

From be- + bay (“to bend”), from Middle English beien, beȝen, from Old English bīeġan (“to bend, turn, turn back, incline, depress, abase, humiliate, subject, persuade, convert”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- + *baugijaną.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with bebay

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Anagrams

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APA

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Chicago

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