Shore vs Bay - What's the difference?
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Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
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, passage=Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges
(from the perspective of one on a body of water) Land, usually near a port.
A prop or strut supporting the weight or flooring above it.
To provide with support.
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To reinforce (something at risk of failure).
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(Webster 1913)
(obsolete) A berry.
, a shrub of the family Lauraceae , having dark green leaves and berries.
The leaves of this shrub, woven into a garland used to reward a champion or victor; hence, fame, victory.
* 1596 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , IV.i:
The leaf of this or certain other species of shrub, used as a herb.
* Trumbull
(US, dialect) A tract covered with bay trees.
A kind of mahogany obtained from (Campeche) in Mexico.
(geography) A body of water (especially the sea) more or less three-quarters surrounded by land.
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, title= A bank or dam to keep back water.
An opening in a wall, especially between two columns.
An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides.
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, title= The distance between two supports in a vault or building with a pitched roof.
(nautical) Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships.
(rail transport) A bay platform.
Shortened form of bay window.
The excited howling of dogs when hunting or being attacked.
(by extension) The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey.
(figuratively) A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
* (rfdate) (Dryden)
* (rfdate) I. Taylor
To howl.
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To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay.
To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.
A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.
A horse of this color.
In obsolete terms the difference between shore and bay
is that shore is to set on shore while bay is a berry.As an adjective bay is
of a reddish-brown colour (especially of horses).shore
English
(wikipedia shore)Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl). Cognate to (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- the fruitful shore of muddy Nile
Usage notes
* Generally, only the largest of rivers, which are often estuaries, are said to have shores . * Rivers and other flowing bodies of water are said to have (term). * River bank(s)'' outnumbers ''River shore(s) about 200:3 at COCA.Hyponyms
* (land adjoining a large body of water) beach, headland, coastDerived terms
* alongshore * ashore * backshore * bayshore * foreshore * inshore * lakeshore * lee shore * longshore * nearshore * onshore * offshore * seashore * shore bug * shore cod * shore crab * shore dinner * shore fly * shore lark * shore leave * shore patrol * shore pine * shore pit viper * shore plover * shore plum * shore snipe * shore thistle * shore teetan * shorebird * (adjective) * shoreface * shorefront * shoreland * shoreless * shoreline * shoreside * shoreward * shorewards * shoreweed * weather shore * windward shoreEtymology 2
Of uncertain origin, but found in some other Germanic languages; compare Middle Dutch . http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/shore?s=tNoun
(en noun)- The shores stayed upright during the earthquake.
Verb
(shor)- My family shored me up after I failed the GED.
- The workers were shoring up the dock after part of it fell into the water.
Synonyms
* reinforce, strengthen, support, buttress * prop up, bolsterDerived terms
* dogshore * shore up * shorer * (noun) * unshoredEtymology 3
See (shear)Verb
(head)Etymology 4
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English
(wikipedia bay)Etymology 1
From (etyl) baye, baie, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- both you here with many a cursed oth, / Sweare she is yours, and stirre vp bloudie frayes, / To win a willow bough, whilest other weares the bayes .
- The patriot's honours and the poet's bays .
Synonyms
* bay laurel, Grecian laurel, laurel, sweet bay, true laurelDerived terms
* bayberry * bay laurel * bay leaf * bay rum * bay rum tree * bay tree * red bay * sweet bayEtymology 2
From (etyl) baie, from baia.Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage='Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.}}
Synonyms
* (body of water) gulfDerived terms
* California bayEtymology 3
From (etyl) baie, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Ideas coming down the track, passage=A “moving platform” scheme
Derived terms
* bay platform * bay window * bomb bay * buggy bay * loading bayEtymology 4
From (etyl) bay, combined with aphesized form of abay; verbal form (etyl) baier, abaier.Noun
(en noun)- Embolden'd by despair, he stood at bay .
- The most terrible evils are just kept at bay by incessant efforts.
Derived terms
* at bayVerb
(en verb)- The hounds at nearer distance hoarsely bayed .
- to bay the bear
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