Meaning

1 senses
  1. (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 formbebay · to bebay
3rd person singularbebays
Present participlebebaying
Past simplebebayed
Past participlebebayed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybebay
he, she, itbebays

Past simpleLesson

all personsbebayed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bebayed
he, she, ithas bebayed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bebay

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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