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Meaning:

Adjective:

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

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Noun:

  • A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.
  • A horse of this color.
  • An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides.
  • An opening in a wall, especially between two columns.
  • A shrub of the family ''Lauraceae'', having dark green leaves and berries.
  • by extension The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey.
  • in plural|now|_|rare The leaves of this shrub, woven into a garland used to reward a champion or victor; hence, fame, victory.
  • geography A body of water (especially the sea) more or less three-quarters surrounded by land.
  • nautical Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships.
  • obsolete A berry.
  • rail transport A bay platform.
  • shortened form of bay window.
  • The distance between two supports in a vault or building with a pitched roof.
  • The excited barking of dogs when hunting or being attacked.
  • The leaf of this shrub, used as a herb.

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Proper noun:

  • A region of Somalia.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To bark.
  • transitive To bark at.
  • transitive To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.

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