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6 VERB If a dog or wolf bays , it makes loud, long cries. □ [V + at ] A dog suddenly howled, baying at the moon. [Also V ]

7 → see also sick bay

8 PHRASE If you keep something or someone at bay , or hold them at bay , you prevent them from reaching, attacking, or affecting you. □  Eating oranges keeps colds at bay. □  Prisoners armed with baseball bats used the hostages to hold police at bay.

ba y leaf (bay leaves ) N‑COUNT A bay leaf is a leaf of an evergreen tree that can be dried and used as a herb in cooking.

bayo|net /be I ənət/ (bayonets , bayoneting , bayoneted )

1 N‑COUNT A bayonet is a long, sharp blade that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon.

2 VERB To bayonet someone means to push a bayonet into them. □ [V n] The soldiers were ordered to bayonet every man they could find.

bayou /ba I uː/ (bayous ) N‑COUNT A bayou is a slow-moving, marshy area of water in the southern United States, especially Louisiana.

ba y wi n|dow (bay windows ) N‑COUNT A bay window is a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house.

ba|zaar /bəzɑː ^r / (bazaars )

1 N‑COUNT In areas such as the Middle East and India, a bazaar is a place where there are many small shops and stalls. □  Kamal was a vendor in Egypt's open-air bazaar.

2 N‑COUNT A bazaar is a sale to raise money for charity. □  …a church bazaar.

ba|zoo|ka /bəzuː kə/ (bazookas ) N‑COUNT A bazooka is a long, tube-shaped gun that is held on the shoulder and fires rockets.

BBC /biː biː siː / N‑PROPER The BBC is a British organization which broadcasts programmes on radio and television. BBC is an abbreviation for 'British Broadcasting Corporation'. □  The concert will be broadcast live by the BBC. □  …the BBC correspondent in Tunis.

BBQBBQ is the written abbreviation for barbecue .

BC /biː siː / You use BC in dates to indicate a number of years or centuries before the year in which Jesus Christ is believed to have been born. Compare AD . □  The brooch dates back to the fourth century BC.

BCE /biː siː iː / Many people now use BCE in dates to indicate a number of years or centuries before AD 1 or before the year in which Jesus is believed to have been born. Compare CE . □  Aristophanes' ancient comedy Lysistrata was performed first in Athens in 411 BCE. □  The first Jewish community settled in Rome in the second century BCE.

be

➊ AUXILIARY VERB USES

➋ OTHER VERB USES

➊ be ◆◆◆ /bi, STRONG biː/ (am , are , is , being , was , were , been ) In spoken English, forms of be are often shortened, for example 'I am' is shortened to 'I'm' and 'was not' is shortened to 'wasn't'. 1 AUX You use be with a present participle to form the continuous tenses of verbs. □ [AUX -ing] This is happening in every school throughout the country. □ [AUX -ing] She didn't always think carefully about what she was doing.

2be going to → see going

3 AUX You use be with a past participle to form the passive voice. □ [AUX -ed] Forensic experts were called in. □ [AUX -ed] Her husband was killed in a car crash. □ [AUX -ed] The cost of electricity from coal-fired stations is expected to fall. □ [AUX -ed] Similar action is being taken by the U.S. government.

4 AUX You use be with an infinitive to indicate that something is planned to happen, that it will definitely happen, or that it must happen. □ [AUX to-inf] The talks are to begin tomorrow. □ [AUX to-inf] It was to be Johnson's first meeting with the board in nearly a month. □ [AUX to-inf] You are to answer to Brian, to take your orders from him.

5be about to → see about