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bightenUK
bightpart 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 computerbight B0241300 (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.
[Middle English, bend, angle, from Old English byht; see bheug- in Indo-European roots.]bight (baɪt) n1. (Physical Geography) a wide indentation of a shoreline, or the body of water bounded by such a curve2. (Knots) the slack middle part of an extended rope3. (Knots) a curve or loop in a ropevb (Knots) (tr) to fasten or bind with a bight[Old English byht; see bow2]
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 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)] bightA bend in a coast forming an open bay or an open bay formed by such a bend.bight
Past participle: bighted
Gerund: bighting
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| I bight | | you bight | | he/she/it bights | | we bight | | you bight | | they bight |
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| I bighted | | you bighted | | he/she/it bighted | | we bighted | | you bighted | | they bighted |
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| I am bighting | | you are bighting | | he/she/it is bighting | | we are bighting | | you are bighting | | they are bighting |
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| I have bighted | | you have bighted | | he/she/it has bighted | | we have bighted | | you have bighted | | they have bighted |
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| I was bighting | | you were bighting | | he/she/it was bighting | | we were bighting | | you were bighting | | they were bighting |
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| I had bighted | | you had bighted | | he/she/it had bighted | | we had bighted | | you had bighted | | they had bighted |
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| I will bight | | you will bight | | he/she/it will bight | | we will bight | | you will bight | | they will bight |
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| I will have bighted | | you will have bighted | | he/she/it will have bighted | | we will have bighted | | you will have bighted | | they will have bighted |
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| I will be bighting | | you will be bighting | | he/she/it will be bighting | | we will be bighting | | you will be bighting | | they will be bighting |
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| I have been bighting | | you have been bighting | | he/she/it has been bighting | | we have been bighting | | you have been bighting | | they have been bighting |
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| I will have been bighting | | you will have been bighting | | he/she/it will have been bighting | | we will have been bighting | | you will have been bighting | | they will have been bighting |
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| I had been bighting | | you had been bighting | | he/she/it had been bighting | | we had been bighting | | you had been bighting | | they had been bighting |
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| I would bight | | you would bight | | he/she/it would bight | | we would bight | | you would bight | | they would bight |
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| I would have bighted | | you would have bighted | | he/she/it would have bighted | | we would have bighted | | you would have bighted | | they would have bighted |
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 linemidpoint, centre, center - a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure | | Verb | 1. | bight - fasten with a bightfasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" |
bightnounA body of water partly enclosed by land but having a wide outlet to the sea:bay, cove, inlet.TranslationsBuchtbaiebaiacappiobochtlusbightenUK
bight, broad bend or curve in a coastline, forming a large open bay. The New York bight, for example, is the curve in the coast described by the southern shore of Long Island and the eastern shore of New Jersey. The term bight may also refer to the bay so formed.bight[bīt] (geology) A long, gradual bend or recess in the coastline which forms a large, open receding bay. A bend in a river or mountain range. (oceanography) An indentation in shelf ice, fast ice, or a floe. bight a wide indentation of a shoreline, or the body of water bounded by such a curve
Bight the Austral informal the major indentation of the S coast of Australia, from Cape Pasley in W Australia to the Eyre Peninsula in S Australia bightenUK
Related to bight: gulf, Great Australian Bight, Bight of BiafraSynonyms for bightnoun a body of water partly enclosed by land but having a wide outlet to the seaSynonymsWords related to bightnoun a loop in a ropeRelated Wordsnoun a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)Related Wordsnoun a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shorelineRelated Wordsnoun the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)Related Wordsverb fasten with a bightRelated Words |