Baying
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Baying is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of bay.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of bay.
More Meanings
- An instance of baying; a howl.
Example Sentences
...the distressed bayings of his dogs, .
The mob approached the castle, baying for royal blood.
1877, Charles Cayley (translator), Homer Iliad, book XXI Soon as he hears bayings, and is not alarm'd nor affrighted.
And the thrill which their ill-omened bayings send through people at large is a measure of the state of tension in which the general mind is held.
Word Forms
- bayings
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