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Hay

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
heɪ

Definitions

  1. Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.
  2. A hedge.
  3. The letter for the h sound in Pitman shorthand.
  4. A surname.
  5. Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder.
  6. A net placed around the lair or burrow of an animal.
  7. A place name:
  8. A town and local government area (Hay Shire) in the Riverina area of New South Wales, Australia, named after John Hay.
  9. Cannabis; marijuana.
  10. An enclosure, haw.
  11. A township in Gladwin County, Michigan, United States.
  12. A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially a rabbit.
  13. A circular country dance.
  14. An unincorporated community in Whitman County, Washington, United States.
  15. Ellipsis of Hay-on-Wye: a small town in Hay community, Powys, Wales, on the England-Wales border.
  16. A community (civil parish) for Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales, served by Hay-on-Wye Town Council.

Equivalents

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DeutschFeimFeimeFeimenHeu
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Azərbaycan dilisaman
Беларускаясена
Българскисено
বাংলাখড়
Catalàfenc
Češtinasennýseno
Cymraeggwair
Dansk
Ελληνικάάχυροσανός
Esperantofojno
Eestihein
فارسیکاه
Suomiheinä
Gàidhligfeur
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻimauʻu
עבריתשחת
हिन्दीपरालीपुआल
Magyarszéna
Íslenskahey
日本語乾草干し草干草
ქართულითივაჩალა
Қазақ тіліпішеншөп
ಕನ್ನಡಹುಲ್ಲು
한국어건초
Кыргызчачөп
LëtzebuergeschHee
Lietuviųšienas
Latviešugultasiens
Malagasybozaka maina
Te Reo Māorihei
Македонскисено
Монголөвс
मराठीगवत
नेपालीपराल
Nederlandshooihooien
Portuguêsfenarfenoforragemrelva
Românăcosifan
Slovenčinaseno
Slovenščinaseno
Shqipsane
Svenskaho
ไทยฟาง
Türkmençeşaman
Türkçeşaman
ئۇيغۇرچەسامان
Українськарізкасіннийсіно
Yorùbákoriko

Examples

Make hay while sunne shines.”
Hay may be dried too much as well as too little.”
“I would like some of that hay. Enclose $20.”
Jeff Spicoli, roll me another hay
“My men like Satyres grazing on the lawnes, Shall with their Goate feete daunce an antick hay,”
“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.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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