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hay
(hā)n.
1. Grass or other plants, such as clover or alfalfa, cut and dried for fodder.
2. Slang A trifling amount of money: gets $100 an hour, which isn't hay.
v. hayed, hay·ing, hays
v.intr.
To mow and cure grass and herbage for hay.
v.tr.
1. To make hay on (a patch of land).
2. To make (grass or other plants) into hay.
3. To feed with hay.
hay′er n.
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hay
(heɪ)n
1. (Agriculture)
a. grass, clover, etc, cut and dried as fodder
b. (in combination): a hayfield; a hayloft.
2. hit the hay slang to go to bed
3. make hay of to throw into confusion
4. make hay while the sun shines to take full advantage of an opportunity
5. roll in the hay informal sexual intercourse or heavy petting
vb
6. (Agriculture) to cut, dry, and store (grass, clover, etc) as fodder
7. (Agriculture) (tr) to feed with hay
[Old English hieg; related to Old Norse hey, Gothic hawi, Old Frisian hē, Old High German houwi; see hew]
hay
(heɪ) orhey
n
1. (Dancing) a circular figure in country dancing
2. (Dancing) a former country dance in which the dancers wove in and out of a circle
[C16: of uncertain origin]
Hay
(heɪ)n
(Biography) Will. 1888–1949, British music-hall comedian, who later starred in films, such as Oh, Mr Porter! (1937)
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hay
(heɪ)n.
1. herbage, as grass, clover, or alfalfa, cut and dried for use as forage.
2. Slang.
a. a small sum of money.
b. money.
3. Slang. marijuana.
v.t. 4. to convert (plant material) into hay.
5. to feed with hay.
v.i. 6. to cut grass, clover, or the like, and store for use as forage.
Idioms: make hay, to avail oneself of an opportunity.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English hēg, c. Old Saxon hōi, Old High German hewi, houwi, Old Norse hey, Gothic hawi; akin to hew]
hay′ey, adj.
Hay
(heɪ)n. John Milton,
1838–1905, U.S. statesman and author.
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hay
Past participle: hayed
Gerund: haying
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| Noun | 1. |  hay - grass mowed and cured for use as fodderfodder - coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop timothy - a grass grown for hay haymow - a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation |
| Verb | 1. | hay - convert (plant material) into hay convert - change the nature, purpose, or function of something; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers" |
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hay
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Translations
تِبْـنحَشيش، قَش
сено
seno
hø
fojno
hein
heinä
sijeno
széna
hey
干し草
건초
faenum
šienasšienligėšieno kupetašieno stirtaiškleręs
siensgulta
fân
seno
seno
hö
หญ้าแห้ง
samankuru ot
cỏ khô
hay
[heɪ]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
hay
[ˈheɪ] n → foin mto make hay, to make hay while the sun shines → saisir l'occasionhay bale n → balle f de foinhay fever n → rhume m des foins
to get hay fever (= suffer from) → être sujet(te) au rhume des foins
Do you get hay fever? → Est-ce que vous êtes sujet au rhume des foins?
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
hay
n → Heu nt; to make hay → Heu machen, heuen; (fig) → profitieren; to hit the hay (inf) → sich aufs Ohr hauen (inf); to make hay while the sun shines (Prov) → das Eisen schmieden, solange es heiß ist (Prov)
hay
:haycock
n → Heuhaufen m
hay fever
n → Heuschnupfen m
hayfork
n → Heugabel f; (motor-driven) → Heuwender m
hayloft
n → Heuboden m
haymaker
n
→ Heumacher(in) m(f)
(Boxing inf) → knallharter Schlag, Schwinger m
hayrack
n (for fodder) → (Heu)raufe f; (US, on wagon) → Heuwagenaufbau m
hayrick, haystack
n → Heuhaufen m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
hay
(hei) noun grass, cut and dried, used as food for cattle etc.
ˌhay-ˈfever noun an illness like a bad cold, caused by the pollen of flowers etc.
ˈhayrick (-rik) , ˈhay-stack nouns hay built up into a large pile.
ˈhaywire adjective in a state of disorder; crazy. Our computer has gone haywire.
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hay
→ تِبْـن seno hø Heu άχυρο heno heinä foin sijeno paglia 干し草 건초 hooi høy siano feno сено hö หญ้าแห้ง saman cỏ khô 干草Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009