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baying

baying is the present participle and gerund of bay.

Meaning of bay

Verb

bay (third-person singular simple present bays, present participle baying, simple past and past participle bayed)

  1. (intransitive) To howl.
    • The hounds at nearer distance hoarsely bay'd.1700, [John] Dryden, “Theodore and Honoria, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
  2. (transitive) To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay.
    • to bay the bear
  3. (transitive) To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.

See all 27 meanings of bay

Noun

baying (countable and uncountable, plural bayings)

  1. An instance of baying; a howl.
    • Soon as he hears bayings, and is not alarm'd nor affrighted...1877, Charles Cayley (translator), Homer Iliad, book XXI
    • ...the distressed bayings of his dogs, ...1880, Mark Twain, chapter 24, in A Tramp Abroad

Forms of baying

pluralbayings

Questions about baying

What does baying mean?
Baying means an instance of baying; a howl.
What is baying the present participle and gerund of?
Baying is the present participle and gerund of bay.
What part of speech is baying?
Baying is a noun.
What is the plural of baying?
The plural of baying is bayings.

Words near baying in the dictionary

  1. Bayhem
  2. bayhops
  3. Bayi
  4. bayila
  5. Bayindeen
  6. baying
  7. Bayingolin
  8. bayings
  9. Bayinguoleng
  10. bayish
  11. Bayizian

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