hay
(heɪ )
1. uncountable noun
Hay is grass which has been cut and dried so that it can be used to feed animals.
...bales of hay.
...traditional hay making methods.
Synonyms: straw, fodder, forage, silage
2. make hay/make hay while the sun shines phrase
If you say that someone is making hay or is making hay while the sun shines, you mean that they are taking advantage of a situation that is favourable to them while they have the chance to.
We knew that war was coming, and were determined to make hay while we could.
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Idioms:
make hay while the sun shines
to take advantage of a good situation which is not likely to last
Making hay while the sun shines, the Egyptian government has taken radical measures to liberalize the economy.
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Collocations:
hay loft hay meadow hay wagon
The structure on the left would have housed the cart and been a basic workshop space; above it was a hay loft.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
They played with dogs and cats in the hay loft.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Our hay loft has no hay in it.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He supplies restaurants and prefers the higher fibre of traditional hay meadow grass.
Times, Sunday Times
Sadly, though, a hay meadow, bursting with flowers and humming with insects, could soon exist only in the past.
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Before this, all grass, from a hay meadow to the finest bowling green, was cut with a scythe.
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This historic remnant of 'ridge and furrow' grassland has been managed as a hay meadow for more than a century.
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If you have room for a mini hay meadow, complete with meadow flowers, then make one.
Times, Sunday Times
The townspeople spotted him and burned the hay wagon.
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No smoking, candles, lanterns, or other sources of flame should be allowed on hay wagons.
Christianity Today
The middle bay was used for unloading hay wagons, threshing (thrashing) grain and other work.
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Translations:
Chinese: 干草
Japanese: 干し草