Hay
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English
Noun
Hay (countable and uncountable; plural hays)- (uncountable) Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.
- (countable) Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder.
- (slang) Cannabis; marijuana.
- 1947, William Burroughs, letter, 19 Feb 1947:
- I would like some of that hay. Enclose $20.
- 1947, William Burroughs, letter, 19 Feb 1947:
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Verb
Hay (third-person singular simple present Hays, present participle Haying, simple past and past participle Hayed)
- To cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.
Adjectives for Hay
nutritious; crisping; new-mown; fragrant; sun-scorched; fresh; half-tanned.
Thesaurus
DET, DMT, LSD, Mary Jane, STP, THC, acid, antidepressant, ataractic, barley, bird seed, bran, bring in, cat food, chicken feed, chop, corn, crop, crop herbs, cut, diethyltryptamine, dig, dimethyltryptamine, dog food, eatage, ensilage, feed, fodder, forage, gage, ganja, gather, gather in, glean, grabble, grain, grass, hallucinogen, harvest, hash, hashish, hemp, joint, kava, marijuana, mash, meal, mescal, mescal bean, mescal button, mescaline, mind-altering drug, mind-blowing drug, mind-expanding drug, morning glory seeds, mow, nut, oats, pasturage, pasture, pet food, peyote, pick, pluck, pot, provender, psilocin, psilocybin, psychedelic, psychic energizer, psychoactive drug, psychochemical, psychotomimetic, reap, reap and carry, reefer, roach, scratch, scratch feed, silage, slops, stick, straw, swill, tea, tranquilizer, weed, wheat
Etymology
Middle English hey, from Old English hīġ, hīeġ, from Proto-Germanic *hawjan (cf. West Frisian hea, Dutch hooi, German Heu), from *hawwanan ‘to hew, cut down’. More at hew.
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Webster's Online Dictionary article on hay
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Spanish
Pronunciation
Verb
Hay (infinitive haber)
- (Impersonal form) Present indicative form of haber, there is, there are
- Hay dos tiendas que venden películas.
- There are two stores that sell films.
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Adjective
hay
- exciting, interesting
- Phim này hay - This film is interesting
Verb
hay [+ verb]
- to have a habit of (doing something)
- Con hay nói nhiều lắm - You, child, have a habit of talking too much or You, child, are talkative
Conjunction
hay (là)
- or
- Chọn cái này, hay chọn cái kia - Choose this one, or choose that one
Derived terms
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English slang
- English verbs
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
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- Spanish verb forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -er
- Spanish verb indicative forms
- Spanish verb singular forms
- Spanish verb impersonal-person forms
- Spanish verb present forms
- Vietnamese adjectives
- Vietnamese verbs
- Vietnamese conjunctions
