embayed

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈbeɪd/

Verb

embayed

1. simple past and past participle of embay

Adjective

embayed (comparative more embayed, superlative most embayed)

1. Enclosed in (or as though in) a bay; harboured.
   • 1661, John Donne, Elegie XVIII:

     Yet ere thou be where thou would'st be embay'd, / Thou shalt upon another Forest set [...].

2. Of water: formed into a bay or bays.

Derived terms

• unembayed