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bley

bley is the alternative form of blay.

Meaning of blay

Noun

blay (plural blays)

  1. The bleak (fish).

See all 3 meanings of blay

Proper noun capitalized: Bley

Bley (plural Bleys)

  1. A surname.
    • Ms. Davis — who at different points in the set called to mind Andrew Hill, Cecil Taylor and Paul Bley, without resorting to mimicry — often led this charge, starting out with a blank canvas and creeping slantwise into a repeatable motif.2015 June 18, Nate Chinen, “Review: Eric Revis Trio Lets the Music Lead the Way at the Jazz Gallery”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2022

Forms of bley

Noun
pluralbleys
Proper noun
pluralBleys

Origin of bley

From the German occupational surname, from Middle High German bli (“lead”), from Old High German blio.

Questions about bley

What does bley mean?
Bley means a surname.
What is bley the alternative form of?
Bley is the alternative form of blay.
What part of speech is bley?
Bley is a proper noun.

Words near bley in the dictionary

  1. blewit
  2. blewits
  3. blews
  4. Blexas
  5. Blexican
  6. bley
  7. bleyme
  8. bleymes
  9. bleys
  10. Blezard
  11. BLI

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: bley (page history and authors); Bley (page history and authors); blay (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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