As a rule, this word is associated with the coastal bay. The latter is a small bay. I also recall the cable bay, that is, its large skein. However, this token has a still large number of interpretations. Details about what a "bay" will be described in the article.
Many interpretations
In the dictionaries you can find several meanings of the word "bay". Here are some of them:
- In geography and maritime affairs, the studied term refers to a small bay, i.e., a part of a reservoir that protrudes into the land. It is sheltered from the wind, open to the sea on one side, and convenient for parking.
- Any deflection or arc, sagging of a long pole, rope.
- And also sailors call this word a circle of a rope folded in a loop.
- Other values of the bay - cable, hose, cable, which are laid in a circle, figure eight or cylinder.
- In the outdated interpretation, which was used earlier in the maritime industry, the term studied used to designate part of the ship's vault. She supported the balcony and the front of the ship.
- In architecture, this is called part of the arch of a building or structure.
Understanding what a “bay” is, one should consider its other interpretations.
Other options
The word you are learning can also act as a surname. Its carriers are, for example:
- Czech footballer born in 1980 named Milos.
- Austro-Hungarian traveler, African explorer, photographer and writer named Richard. His years of life are 1845-1894.
And also there are a number of toponyms (proper names, which are the name of geographical objects), among which:
- A village in the Trans-Baikal Territory, in the Tungiro-Olekminsky district.
- The village is also in the Trans-Baikal Territory, but in the Chernyshevsky District.
- A river in the Lviv region, in the Mostis district.
Filmed two American films with the same name. One of them is documentary, 2009, and the second is a horror film, 2012.
Examples of offers
Among them are the following.
- The boat very quickly carried towards a small bay, which was full of algae.
- The little boat looked rather flimsy, it is only on a quiet bay you can walk on it, and even then in calm weather.
- He didn’t have to swim for a very long time, fortunately, a rope bay caught his way, and he was able to grab hold of it.
- A small town, located deep in the bay, looked like abandoned and deserted, nowhere was a soul.
- The sailors saw that the coils of the cable were lying around horribly, one of them began to rewind them.
Synonyms
For a better understanding of what a “bay” is, it will be useful to familiarize yourself with words that are close in meaning to the subject being studied.
These include the following:
- fiord;
- the bay;
- port;
- harbor;
- shelter;
- buy;
- estuary;
- lagoon;
- fjord;
- lip;
- bending
- arc;
- onion;
- backwater;
- aylag;
- estuary;
- backwater;
- zabich;
- skein;
- tackle;
- backstay;
- giths;
- halyard;
- sheet;
- headquarters;
- brass;
- pride;
- rope;
- hawser;
- topenant;
- sagging;
- hank.
To understand what a "bay" is, it would be advisable to consider the origin of this word.
Etymology
Comes from the German noun Bucht, which means "bay", "bay". Scientists associate it with the verb biegen, which translates as "bend". The latter comes from the pragerman form buhtiz in the meaning of “bend”. From it, among other things, come:
- Old English byht;
- English bight;
- Middle Low German bucht;
- German Bucht;
- Dutch bocht;
- Danish bught.
According to linguists, the pragerman form of buhtiz dates back to the pre-Indo-European bheug, also in the sense of “bending”.
Bay as a water body
This is a small section of the sea, lake, reservoir, bay.It is isolated parts of land from open waters. It can be ledges of coasts, rocks, nearby islands. They protect her from the wind and waves. But the word "bay" in the German language has an expanded interpretation. It can mean both the bay and the sea. For example, Hudson's Bay in German will be Hudson-Bucht, and the Baffin Sea - Baffin-Bucht.
The hydrological regime of the bay is determined by local conditions, therefore, it differs from that in the waters adjacent to it. Typically, such places are convenient for parking. Examples include bays such as the Golden Horn, located in the Bosphorus, as well as Tsemesskaya and Gelendzhikskaya in the Black Sea. In such cases, they are called harbors, for example, there is Soviet Harbor.
Examples of the studied object are:
- Avachinsky is the deepest among the natural, as well as the second largest in the world. She is able to accommodate the entire world fleet.
- Balaklava - is the deepest in Europe.
- Sydney - known for being the largest of the natural bays.