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inglese > italiano
bay
     1. sost. (geografia) seno, baia
     2. sost. (araldica) colore baio: riferito ai cavalli
     3. sost. (araldica) corona di alloro
     4. sost. (botanica) alloro
     5. verb. abbaiare, latrare
inglese > inglese
bay
     1. subst. (obsolete) A berry.
     2. subst. Laurus nobilis, a tree or shrub of the family Lauraceae, having dark green leaves and berries.
     3. subst. Bay leaf, the leaf of this or certain other species of tree or shrub, used as a herb.
     4. subst. (in the now rare) The leaves of this shrub, woven into a garland used to reward a champion or victor; hence, fame, victory.
     5. subst. (US, dialect) A tract covered with bay trees.
     6. subst. A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeche in Mexico.
     7. subst. (geography) A body of water (especially the sea) more or less three-quarters surrounded by land.
     8. subst. A bank or dam to keep back water.
     9. subst. An opening in a wall, especially between two columns.
     10. subst. An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides.
     11. subst. The distance between two supports in a vault or building with a pitched roof.
     12. subst. (nautical) Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships.
     13. subst. (rail transport) A bay platform.
     14. subst. A bay window.
     15. subst. The excited howling of dogs when hunting or being attacked.
     16. subst. (by extension) The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey.
     17. subst. (figuratively) A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
     18. v. (intransitive) To howl.
     19. v. To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay.
           to bay the bear
     20. v. To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.
     21. adj. Of a reddish-brown colour (especially of horses).
     22. subst. A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.
           (color panel, 6F4E37)
     23. subst. A horse of this color.
italiano > inglese
baia
     1. adj. feminine singular of baio
     2. subst. bay (body of water)

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I mean the bay before I head back. 
There are lights on inside the house and the shadows of a crowd of people can be seen in the large front bay window, although blinds are drawn. 
It is not the spectacular city with its picturesque bay and volcano that other foreigners painted. 
The view from his roof took in the domes, spires and white houses of Naples and, beyond them, the bay



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