hay
Hay is defined as cut and dried grass, alfalfa and other plants used as food for farm animals.
(noun)An example of hay is what is fed to sheep.
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See hay in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- grass, alfalfa, clover, etc. cut and dried for use as fodder
- Slang bed, often, specif., as a place for sexual intercourse
- ☆ Slang a small amount, esp. of money: a hundred dollars ain't hay
Origin: ME hei < OE hieg (akin to Ger heu) < base of OE heawan, to cut: see hew
intransitive verb
to mow grass, alfalfa, etc., and spread it out to dry
transitive verb
- to furnish with hay
- to grow grass on (land) for hay
noun
an old country dance with much winding in and out
Origin: OFr haye
Hay,
John (Milton) 1838-1905; U.S. statesman & writer: secretary of state (1898-1905)
See hay in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- Grass or other plants, such as clover or alfalfa, cut and dried for fodder.
- Slang A trifling amount of money: gets $100 an hour, which isn't hay.
To mow and cure grass and herbage for hay.
verb, transitive- To make (grass) into hay.
- To feed with hay.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old English hīeg; see kau- in Indo-European roots
.Related Forms:
- hayˈer noun
American public official and writer who served as ambassador to Great Britain (1897-1898) and U.S. secretary of state (1898-1905). His literary works include poetry and a life of Abraham Lincoln (1890).
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