hay
[ hey ]
/ heɪ /
noun
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 hay
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
hay·ey, adjective un·hayed, adjectiveWords nearby hay
Definition for hay (2 of 2)
Hay
[ hey ]
/ heɪ /
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.
Example sentences from the Web for hay
British Dictionary definitions for hay (1 of 3)
hay
1
/ (heɪ) /
noun
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)
hay
2
hey
/ (heɪ) /
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)
Hay
/ (heɪ) /
noun
Will. 1888–1949, British music-hall comedian, who later starred in films, such as Oh, Mr Porter! (1937)
Idioms and Phrases with hay
hay
see hit the hay; make hay while the sun shines; roll in the hay; that ain't hay.