Meaning of Hay | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.
   uncountable
2. A hedge.
   obsolete
3. The letter for the h sound in Pitman shorthand.
4. A surname.
5. Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder.
   countable
6. A net placed around the lair or burrow of an animal.
   obsolete
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.
   countable, slang, uncountable
10. An enclosure, haw.
    obsolete
11. A township in Gladwin County, Michigan, United States.
12. A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially a rabbit.
    countable, uncountable
13. A circular country dance.
    obsolete
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.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
16. A community (civil parish) for Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales, served by Hay-on-Wye Town Council.

Equivalents

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.”

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