bight

bight

part of a rope; bend in the shore; gulf

Not to be confused with:

bite – cut or wound with the teeth: Does your dog bite?

byte – adjacent bits processed by a computer

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bight

 (bīt)

n.

1.

a. A loop in a rope.

b. The middle or slack part of an extended rope.

2.

a. A bend or curve, especially in a shoreline.

b. A wide bay formed by such a bend or curve.

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[Middle English, bend, angle, from Old English byht; see bheug- in Indo-European roots.]

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bight

(baɪt)

n

1. (Physical Geography) a wide indentation of a shoreline, or the body of water bounded by such a curve

2. (Knots) the slack middle part of an extended rope

3. (Knots) a curve or loop in a rope

vb

(Knots) (tr) to fasten or bind with a bight

[Old English byht; see bow²]

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Bight

n

(Placename) the Bight informal Austral the major indentation of the S coast of Australia, from Cape Pasley in W Australia to the Eyre Peninsula in S Australia. In full: the Great Australian Bight

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bight

(baɪt)
n.

1. a loop or slack part in a rope.

2. a bend or curve in the shore of a sea or river.

3. a body of water bounded by such a bend.

4. a bay or gulf.

v.t.

5. to fasten with a bight of rope.

[before 1000; Middle English byght, Old English byht bend, bay; akin to Middle Low German bucht (akin to bow ¹)]

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bight

A bend in a coast forming an open bay or an open bay formed by such a bend.

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bight

Past participle: bighted
Gerund: bighting

Imperative

bight

bight

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bight - a loop in a rope       loop - anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)
	2.	bight - a bend or curve (especially in a coastline) bend, turn, crook, twist - a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"
	3.	bight - a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline; "the Bight of Benin"; "the Great Australian Bight" bay, embayment - an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
	4.	bight - the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends) rope - a strong line midpoint, centre, center - a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
Verb	1.	bight - fasten with a bight fasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"

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bight

noun

A body of water partly enclosed by land but having a wide outlet to the sea:

bay, cove, inlet.

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Translations

Bucht

baie

baiacappio

bochtlus

bight

[baɪt] N

1. (Geog) → ensenada f, cala f; (= bend) → recodo m

2. [of rope] → gaza f, laza f

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bight

n (Geog) → Bucht f

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