embay

[ em-bey ]

verb (used with object)
  1. to enclose in or as if in a bay; surround or envelop.

  2. to form into a bay.

Origin of embay

1
First recorded in 1575–85; em-1 + bay1

Other words from embay

  • un·em·bayed, adjective

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How to use embay in a sentence

  • Many an early voyager was unexpectedly caught by this hook, and found himself embayed.

    Cape Cod | Henry D. Thoreau
  • They sauntered on towards a turn of the stream where a little pool lay embayed like a smooth mirror reflecting the grassy bank.

    The Golden Dog | William Kirby
  • He was at this time embayed in the King's Garden, as the archipelago is called.

  • It was terminated by a deeply-embayed window filled with stained glass of the most gorgeous colours.

    Guy Fawkes | William Harrison Ainsworth
  • There is a rich and beautiful church here—Notre Dame—with a deeply embayed porch full of lavish detail.

    A Day's Tour | Percy Fitzgerald

British Dictionary definitions for embay

embay

/ (ɪmˈbeɪ) /


verb(tr; usually passive)
  1. to form into a bay

  2. to enclose in or as if in a bay

  1. (esp of the wind) to force (a ship, esp a sailing ship) into a bay

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