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bebay

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
be-bay
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To bay around or about; embay; hem in; surround.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From be- + bay (“to bend”), from Middle English beien, beȝen, from Old English bīeġan (“to bend, turn, turn back, incline, depress, abase, humiliate, subject, persuade, convert”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- + *baugijaną.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

bebays (present, singular) bebaying (participle, present) bebayed (participle, past) bebayed (past)

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does bebay mean?
To bay around or about; embay; hem in; surround.
Where does bebay come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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