Pronunciation Noun
hay
- (uncountable) Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.
- Make hay while the sun shines.
- Hay may be dried too much as well as too little.
- (countable) Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder.
- (slang) Cannabis; marijuana.
- 1947, William Burroughs, letter, 19 Feb 1947:
- I would like some of that hay. Enclose $20.
- 1947, William Burroughs, letter, 19 Feb 1947:
- A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially a rabbit.
hay (hays, present participle haying; past and past participle hayed)
Translations Related terms Nounhay (plural hays)
- (obsolete) A hedge.
- (obsolete) A net placed around the lair or burrow of an animal.
- (obsolete) An enclosure, haw.
- (obsolete) A circular country dance.
- 1594, Christopher Marlowe, Edward II (play), London: William Jones,
- My men like Satyres grazing on the lawnes,
- Shall with their Goate feete daunce an antick hay,
- c. 1594, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, Act V, Scene 1,
- I’ll make one in a dance, or so; or I will play
- On the tabour to the Worthies, and let them dance the hay.
- 1594, Christopher Marlowe, Edward II (play), London: William Jones,
hay (plural hays)
- The letter for the h sound in Pitman shorthand.
- aitch, the Latin letter for this sound
Hay
Proper noun
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