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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hay /heɪ/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Agriculturegrass cut and dried for use as food for animals:gathering hay from the fields.
- Slang Termsa small sum of money:Twenty bucks for half an hour's work; that ain't hay!
Idioms- Idioms make hay, to make use of an opportunity:Make hay while the sun shines.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hay (hā),USA pronunciation n. - Agriculturegrass, clover, alfalfa, etc., cut and dried for use as forage.
- Agriculturegrass mowed or intended for mowing.
- Slang Terms
- a small sum of money:Twenty dollars an hour for doing very little certainly ain't hay.
- money:A thousand dollars for a day's work is a lot of hay!
- Drugs, Slang Terms[Slang.]marijuana.
- Slang Terms, Idioms a roll in the hay, sexual intercourse.
- Slang Terms hit the hay, [Informal.]to go to bed:It got to be past midnight before anyone thought of hitting the hay.
- Idioms in the hay, in bed;
retired, esp. for the night:By ten o'clock he's in the hay. - Idioms make hay of, to scatter in disorder;
render ineffectual:The destruction of the manuscript made hay of two years of painstaking labor. - Idioms make hay while the sun shines, to seize an opportunity when it presents itself:If you want to be a millionaire, you have to make hay while the sun shines.Also, make hay.
v.t. - Agricultureto convert (plant material) into hay.
- Agricultureto furnish (horses, cows, etc.) with hay.
v.i. - Agricultureto cut grass, clover, or the like, and store for use as forage.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English hēg; cognate with German Heu, Old Norse hey, Gothic hawi. See hew
- Biographical John Milton, 1838–1905, U.S. statesman and author.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hay /heɪ/ n - grass, clover, etc, cut and dried as fodder
- (in combination): a hayfield, a hayloft
- hit the hay ⇒ slang to go to bed
- make hay of ⇒ to throw into confusion
- make hay while the sun shines ⇒ to take full advantage of an opportunity
- roll in the hay ⇒ informal sexual intercourse or heavy petting
vb - to cut, dry, and store (grass, clover, etc) as fodder
Etymology: Old English hieg; related to Old Norse hey, Gothic hawi, Old Frisian hē, Old High German houwi; see hew Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Hay /heɪ/ n - Will. 1888–1949, British music-hall comedian, who later starred in films, such as Oh, Mr Porter! (1937)
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