bayou
a marshy arm, inlet, or outlet of a lake, river, etc., usually sluggish or stagnant.
any of various other often boggy and slow-moving or still bodies of water.
Origin of bayou
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How to use bayou in a sentence
Johnson says that on any given day, he’ll see photographers, anglers or university students on the platform, taking in a view of the bayou.
In a New Orleans ward ravaged by climate change, leaders nurture the next generation | Dayana Sarkisova | August 4, 2022 | Washington PostCSED also works to bring trees from a local Christmas tree drop program to the bayou.
In a New Orleans ward ravaged by climate change, leaders nurture the next generation | Dayana Sarkisova | August 4, 2022 | Washington PostThat means vast, important marsh, inshore pools, and bayous have disappeared as flooding, high winds, and towering tidal surges have left their marks.
Hurricanes have cost Louisiana fisheries at least half a billion dollars since 2020 | Bob McNally/Outdoor Life | January 21, 2022 | Popular-ScienceJust across the bayou, however, is a house almost guaranteed to please.
Houston for Tourists? If You Think That’s a Joke, the Joke’s on You | William O’Connor | July 30, 2021 | The Daily BeastBut Hillstomp is the real deal, as legit as anything you will find nowadays down on the bayou.
At a rally for longshot Senate candidate on the bayou, Sarah Palin got choked up on Thursday.
All the moves, that is, except managing his state properly—at least according to bayou voters.
Is Jindal the Least Popular Guv? | David Freedlander, Brandy Zadrozny | February 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHouston has plans for a series of bayou-oriented green ways.
Houston Rising—Why the Next Great American Cities Aren’t What You Think | Joel Kotkin | April 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIssa bayou smiles and shakes his head as he recalls how he escaped from a Tripoli prison during the uprising in Libya.
They were located on a lake, which communicates with the branch of Red-river passing bayou Pierre.
The Indian in his Wigwam | Henry R. SchoolcraftNext instant the placid water of the bayou was beaten into showers of spray, which gleamed silver in the brilliant moonlight.
Motor Matt's Daring, or, True to His Friends | Stanley R. MatthewsHe remembered my reasoning in the boat coming down the bayou.
The Fire People | Ray CummingsHiding the boat in another bayou, we took our way home on foot.
The Fire People | Ray CummingsProfessor Newland, Beth and I went up the bayou with them that morning they left.
The Fire People | Ray Cummings
British Dictionary definitions for bayou
/ (ˈbaɪjuː) /
(in the southern US) a sluggish marshy tributary of a lake or river
Origin of bayou
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Scientific definitions for bayou
[ bī′ōō ]
A sluggish, marshy stream connected with a river, lake, or gulf. Bayous are common in the southern United States.
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Cultural definitions for bayou
[ (beye-ooh, beye-oh) ]
Term used mainly in Louisiana and Mississippi to describe a swampy, slowly moving or stationary body of water that was once part of a lake, river, or gulf.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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