What's the difference between bay and lay?

Bay


Definition:

  • (a.) Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses.
  • (n.) An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character.
  • (n.) A small body of water set off from the main body; as a compartment containing water for a wheel; the portion of a canal just outside of the gates of a lock, etc.
  • (n.) A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.
  • (n.) A principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building, or of the whole building, as marked off by the buttresses, vaulting, mullions of a window, etc.; one of the main divisions of any structure, as the part of a bridge between two piers.
  • (n.) A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks.
  • (n.) A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay.
  • (n.) A berry, particularly of the laurel.
  • (n.) The laurel tree (Laurus nobilis). Hence, in the plural, an honorary garland or crown bestowed as a prize for victory or excellence, anciently made or consisting of branches of the laurel.
  • (n.) A tract covered with bay trees.
  • (v. i.) To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game.
  • (v. t.) To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear.
  • (v. i.) Deep-toned, prolonged barking.
  • (v. i.) A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
  • (v. t.) To bathe.
  • (n.) A bank or dam to keep back water.
  • (v. t.) To dam, as water; -- with up or back.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The effects of low doses of dihydropyridine (DHP) calcium channel antagonists nimodipine, nifedipine, (-)-R-202-791, and amlodipine, the DHP calcium channel agonist BAY K 8644 were investigated on clonic convulsions to pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) in mice.
  • (2) The biphasic response to (-)-(S)-Bay K 8644 and (+)-(S)-202-791 suggests that the properties of Ca++ channel activation and antagonism may reside within a single 1,4-dihydropyridine molecule.
  • (3) The Ca2+ agonist Bay K 8644 (1 microM) potentiated the effects of elevated K+ on both ChAT and TOH.
  • (4) BAY 19139, 1-(4-chlorophenoxy)-1-(1-imidazolyl)-3,3-dimethyl-2-butanol is a new imidazolyl derivative of antifungal agent.
  • (5) The effects of the dihydropyridine calcium channel agonist Bay K 8644 on indo-1-loaded Jurkat human leukemia T lymphocytes was assessed by flow cytometry.
  • (6) While visitors amble freely around the newly refurbished inside – the Pierhead is sure and steadfast in its role outside as the drastic red building, emblazoning the landscape of Cardiff Bay in all its regal beauty.
  • (7) These mutants have been used to test for the presence of their required metabolites in natural seawater samples from the Gulf of Mexico and adjacent bays.
  • (8) Now remarried, and a father, he is standing for Plaid Cymru, again in the Cardiff Bay seat.
  • (9) The administration is also attacked for endangering America with its proposals to dismantle the prison at Guantánamo Bay.
  • (10) These observations are consistent with the high sensitivity of the newborn mouse lung towards the tumorigenic effects of bay region diolepoxides.
  • (11) At doses of 1, 5 and 10 mg kg-1 Bay K 8644 antagonized the anaesthetic effects of pentobarbitone.
  • (12) We knew how good they were at keeping the ball and moving it around and we knew we would have to work hard to keep them at bay.
  • (13) San Francisco Tenderloin map They could potentially gentrify this gritty, 50-block swath of downtown into condos, lofts, hipster bars, organic cafes and yoga studios, as has happened in other parts of San Francisco and the Bay area.
  • (14) When tested on rat atrium, SNP by itself had no effect on basal inotropy or the increase in inotropy induced by (-)-S-BAY K 8644.
  • (15) Subjects were 862 nonsmoking coronary patients in the San Francisco Bay Area, randomized in 1978 to receive, over 4.5 years, cardiac counseling or cardiac counseling plus type A behavioral counseling.
  • (16) And so, through Trove’s archived newspapers, I’ve found Harry – the mission boy who saw the Japanese at Caledon Bay imprison women, girls and old men in the trepang smokehouse, before raping the women in the bush.
  • (17) AHH-active PCB congeners (intrinsic effects) and PCBs in general (extrinsic effects) appeared to be the only contaminants at the concentrations measured in eggs, capable of producing the effects that were observed at Green Bay.
  • (18) Every time we have a negotiation, the bidding process (for the project) slows and postpones things.” Water quality has become a hot-button issue as the Olympics draw closer with little sign of progress in cleaning up the fetid bay, as well as the lagoon system in western Rio that hugs the sites of the Olympic park, the very heart of the games.
  • (19) Alternans of both action potential shape and APD was suppressed by nisoldipine (2 X 10(-6) M) and attenuated by Bay K 8644 (3 X 10(-8) M).
  • (20) The last American soldier held captive by the Afghan Taliban has been released, after the US government agreed to free five Afghan detainees from the Guantánamo Bay prison in Cuba to the custody of the Qatari government, US officials said.

Lay


Definition:

  • (imp.) of Lie, to recline.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the laity, as distinct from the clergy; as, a lay person; a lay preacher; a lay brother.
  • (a.) Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.
  • (a.) Not belonging to, or emanating from, a particular profession; unprofessional; as, a lay opinion regarding the nature of a disease.
  • (n.) The laity; the common people.
  • (n.) A meadow. See Lea.
  • (n.) Faith; creed; religious profession.
  • (n.) A law.
  • (n.) An obligation; a vow.
  • (a.) A song; a simple lyrical poem; a ballad.
  • (a.) A melody; any musical utterance.
  • (v. t.) To cause to lie down, to be prostrate, or to lie against something; to put or set down; to deposit; as, to lay a book on the table; to lay a body in the grave; a shower lays the dust.
  • (v. t.) To place in position; to establish firmly; to arrange with regularity; to dispose in ranks or tiers; as, to lay a corner stone; to lay bricks in a wall; to lay the covers on a table.
  • (v. t.) To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan.
  • (v. t.) To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint.
  • (v. t.) To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit.
  • (v. t.) To cause to lie dead or dying.
  • (v. t.) To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk.
  • (v. t.) To bring forth and deposit; as, to lay eggs.
  • (v. t.) To apply; to put.
  • (v. t.) To impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land.
  • (v. t.) To impute; to charge; to allege.
  • (v. t.) To impose, as a command or a duty; as, to lay commands on one.
  • (v. t.) To present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one.
  • (v. t.) To state; to allege; as, to lay the venue.
  • (v. t.) To point; to aim; as, to lay a gun.
  • (v. t.) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them; as, to lay a cable or rope.
  • (v. t.) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
  • (v. t.) To place (new type) properly in the cases.
  • (v. i.) To produce and deposit eggs.
  • (v. i.) To take a position; to come or go; as, to lay forward; to lay aloft.
  • (v. i.) To lay a wager; to bet.
  • (n.) That which lies or is laid or is conceived of as having been laid or placed in its position; a row; a stratum; a layer; as, a lay of stone or wood.
  • (v. t.) A wager.
  • (v. t.) A job, price, or profit.
  • (v. t.) A share of the proceeds or profits of an enterprise; as, when a man ships for a whaling voyage, he agrees for a certain lay.
  • (v. t.) A measure of yarn; a lea. See 1st Lea (a).
  • (v. t.) The lathe of a loom. See Lathe, 3.
  • (v. t.) A plan; a scheme.
  • (imp.) of Lie

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Typological and archaeological investigations indicate that the church building represents originally the hospital facility for the lay brothers of the monastery, which according to the chronicle of the monastery was built in the beginning of the 14th century.
  • (2) Labour MP Jamie Reed, whose Copeland constituency includes Sellafield, called on the government to lay out details of a potential plan to build a new Mox plant at the site.
  • (3) The hippocampus plays an essential role in the laying down of cognitive memories, the pathway to the frontal lobe being via the MD thalamus.
  • (4) The glory lay in the defiance, although the outcome of the tie scarcely looks promising for Arsenal when the return at Camp Nou next Tuesday is borne in mind.
  • (5) As of July 1987, 10 states have prohibitory laws, five states have grandmother clauses authorizing practicing midwives under repealed statutes, five states have enabling laws which are not used, and 10 states explicitly permit lay midwives to practice.
  • (6) Speaking at The Carbon Show in London today, Philippe Chauvancy, director at climate exchange BlueNext, said that the announcement last week that it is to develop China's first standard for voluntary emission reduction projects alongside the government-backed China Beijing Environmental Exchange, could lay the foundations for a voluntary cap-and-trade scheme.
  • (7) He speeded the process of decolonisation, and was the first British prime minister to appreciate that Britain's future lay with Europe.
  • (8) This situation suppressed egg laying and resulted in a clearly decreased bone mineralization.
  • (9) Agir, launched in June as the Sahel crisis was taking hold, lays out a roadmap for better co-ordination of humanitarian and development aid to protect the most vulnerable people when drought hits again.
  • (10) The charity Bite the Ballot , which persuaded hundreds of thousands to register before the last general election, is to set up “democracy cafes” in Starbucks branches, laying on experts to explain how to register and vote, and what the referendum is all about (Bite the Ballot does not take sides but merely encourages participation).
  • (11) To overcome some of these problems it is suggested that an investigation of lay evaluation of health care should be carried out within a conceptual framework which incorporates the following elements.
  • (12) Three of the abscesses were intrapulmonary, and each lay adjacent to a pleural surface.
  • (13) Nowadays hardly a publication comes out of the regulator without it laying down another "matter for government".
  • (14) An intelligence officer told Associated Press that they were aware of the movement, but that the military is acting with care as many civilians are still trapped in the town and Boko Haram is laying land mines around it.
  • (15) After 14 minutes, Rose got in behind the Hull defence to lay on the opening goal for Eriksen while the second followed an incision up the other flank from Walker.
  • (16) In contrast, bilateral lesions of all cerebral ganglion peripheral nerves did not abolish spontaneous egg laying, suggesting that sensory input to the cerebral ganglion is not necessary for activating the bag cells.
  • (17) Several axon terminals lay close to blood vessels, and may modulate the activity of these vessels.
  • (18) Seasonal and habitat influences on the egg-laying activity of four species of Culex were compared in south Florida using jar- and vat-type oviposition traps.
  • (19) Those fed royal jelly as larvae emerge as queens and do little but lay eggs.
  • (20) Prolactin secretion was stimulated less in incubating hens deprived of their nests for 24 h (nest-deprived) than in laying hens after administration of the 5-HT receptor agonist quipazine, or precursor 5-hydroxytryptophan.

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