Phrase guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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Unable to come closer; at a distance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Qualifier: set phrase
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Cornered; unable to flee.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Qualifier: set phrase
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Of an animal, especially a docile animal in contrast to a predatory animal which would be blazoned statant: standing, in profile toward dexter, with all four feet on the ground. (If gazing at the viewer, the animal is at gaze.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From bay (“excited howling of dogs”).
Across languages
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
