may

auxiliary verb might

1. used to express ability or power: now generally replaced by can
2. used to express possibility or likelihood: it may rain
3. used to express permission: you may go
4. used to express contingency, as in clauses of purpose, result, concession, or condition: they died that we may be free
5. used in exclamations and apostrophes to express a wish, hope, or prayer: may he rest in peace
6. Law shall; must

intransitive verb

1. used to express possibility or likelihood
2. used to express permission: yes, you may

noun

noun

1. the fifth month of the year, having 31 days: abbrev. M or My
2. 1. springtime
   2. the springtime of life; youth; prime
3. 1. the English hawthorn (Crataegus oxyacantha) with small, lobed leaves and white, pink, or red flowers
   2. its branches or flowers
4. the festivities of May Day

noun