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noun grass, clover, alfalfa, etc., cut and dried for use as forage.
grass mowed or intended for mowing.
Slang . a small sum of money: Twenty dollars an hour for doing very little certainly ain't hay. money: A thousand dollars for a day's work is a lot of hay! SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used with object) to convert (plant material) into hay.
to furnish (horses, cows, etc.) with hay.
verb (used without object) to cut grass, clover, or the like, and store for use as forage.
Idioms for haya roll in the hay , Slang . sexual intercourse.
hit the hay , Informal . to go to bed: It got to be past midnight before anyone thought of hitting the hay.
in the hay , in bed; retired, especially for the night: By ten o'clock he's in the hay.
make hay of , to scatter in disorder; render ineffectual: The destruction of the manuscript made hay of two years of painstaking labor.
make hay while the sun shines , to seize an opportunity when it presents itself: If you want to be a millionaire, you have to make hay while the sun shines. Also make hay.
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Origin of hay before 900; Middle English; Old English hēg; cognate with German Heu, Old Norse hey, Gothic hawi. See hew
OTHER WORDS FROM hay hayey, adjective un·hayed, adjective Words nearby hay hawthorn, Hawthorne, Hawthorne effect, Hawthorne, Nathaniel, Hawthornesque, hay , Hayakawa, haybox, haycock, Hayden, Haydn
Definition for hay (2 of 2) [ hey ] SHOW IPA
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noun John Milton, 1838–1905, U.S. statesman and author.
a river in NW Canada, flowing NE to the Great Slave Lake. 530 miles (853 km) long.
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Example sentences from the Web for hay But I sent him some hay and some information and he turned it around.
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After that, who knows how many innocent straws of hay will start to look like needles under the gaze of unseen algorithms.
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The straw and hay piled around the tent only exacerbated the situation.
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After preparatory school in Illinois, Hay went to Brown University, where he amused men and charmed women.
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In return for exclusive access, Nicolay and Hay gave Robert the right to edit their copy, which he did.
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James and Henry had been busy with the hay crop, and Mrs. West and Bess had spent the time with their sewing and reading.
The Brand | Therese Broderick
How great was her delight to see a goat, and two cunning little kids, cuddling down on the hay at the bottom of the wagon!
Minnie's Pet Horse | Madeline Leslie
Well, maybe, but need hot weather to make the corn grow an' hay cure right.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn Raymond
But in some soils its presence may add considerably to the weight of a crop of hay , of which it is a factor.
Clovers and How to Grow Them | Thomas Shaw
Ranks fourth in wheat and barley, sixth in hay , eighth in oats.
Alden's Handy Atlas of the World | John B. Alden
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British Dictionary definitions for hay (1 of 3) noun grass, clover, etc, cut and dried as fodder (in combination ) a hayfield ; a hayloft hit the hay slang to go to bed
make hay of to throw into confusion
make hay while the sun shines to take full advantage of an opportunity
roll in the hay informal sexual intercourse or heavy petting
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb to cut, dry, and store (grass, clover, etc) as fodder
(tr) to feed with hay
Word Origin for hay Old English hieg; related to Old Norse hey, Gothic hawi, Old Frisian hē, Old High German houwi; see hew
British Dictionary definitions for hay (2 of 3) noun a circular figure in country dancing
a former country dance in which the dancers wove in and out of a circle
Word Origin for hay C16: of uncertain origin
British Dictionary definitions for hay (3 of 3) noun Will. 1888–1949, British music-hall comedian, who later starred in films, such as Oh, Mr Porter! (1937)
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Idioms and Phrases with hay see hit the hay; make hay while the sun shines; roll in the hay; that ain't hay.
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Words related to hay fodder, grass, feed, chaff, forage, provender, swath, herbage