"embay" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: embays [present, singular, third-person], embaying [participle, present], embayed [participle, past], embayed [past]
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  1. (transitive, obsolete) To bathe; to steep. Tags: obsolete, transitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

Forms: embays [present, singular, third-person], embaying [participle, present], embayed [participle, past], embayed [past], imbay [alternative]
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  1. (transitive) To shut in, enclose, shelter or trap, such as ships in a bay. Tags: transitive
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Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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