verb · transitive

bebay

bebay · bebays · bebayed · bebaying

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

Meaning

1 senses

(rare)To bay around or about; embay; hem in; surround.

Origin

From be- + bay (“to bend”), from Middle English beien, beȝen, from Old English bīeġan (“to

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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Forms

bebays, bebaying, bebayed, bebayed

Base form	bebay · to bebay
3rd person singular	bebays
Present participle	bebaying
Past simple	bebayed
Past participle	bebayed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	bebay
he, she, it	bebays

Past simpleLesson

all persons

bebayed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have bebayed
he, she, it	has bebayed

Future simple (will)Lesson