embayed
Word-form referencesembay
Pronunciations
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/ɪmˈbeɪd/
Pronunciation notes
- UK
Adjective
Enclosed in (or as though in) a bay; harboured.
- Examples
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Yet ere thou be where thou would'st be embay'd, / Thou shalt upon another Forest set [...].
Of water: formed into a bay or bays.
- Examples
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A veiled sunlight lit up faintly the grey sheet of water where the river was embayed.
Word forms
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