(set phrase, idiomatic) Unable to come closer; at a distance. / (set phrase, idiomatic) Cornered; unable to flee.

A region of Somalia.

A surname

(informal) Ellipsis of San Francisco Bay Area. (metropolitan area in California); A region of California, United States

(geography) A body of water (especially the sea) more-or-less three-quarters surrounded by land. / A bank or dam to keep back water.

The excited howling of dogs when hunting or being attacked. / (by extension) The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey.

An opening in a wall, especially between two columns. / An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides.

(intransitive) To howl. / (transitive) To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay. / (transitive) To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.

Of a reddish-brown colour (especially of horses).

(obsolete) A berry. / Laurus nobilis, a tree or shrub of the family Lauraceae, having dark green leaves and berries.