hay
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English hey, from Old English hīġ, hīeġ, from Proto-Germanic *hawją (compare West Frisian hea, Dutch hooi, German Heu, Norwegian høy), from *hawwaną (“to hew, cut down”). More at hew.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hay (countable and uncountable, plural hays)
- (uncountable) Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.
- Camden
- Make hay while the sun shines.
- C. L. Flint
- Hay may be dried too much as well as too little.
- Camden
- (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:
- A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially a rabbit.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Rowe to this entry?)
- (obsolete) A hedge.
- (obsolete) A circular country dance.
- 1594, Christopher Marlowe, Edward II, London: William Jones,[1]
- My men like Satyres grazing on the lawnes,
- Shall with their Goate feete daunce an antick hay,
- c. 1594, William Shakespeare, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Act V, Scene 1,[2]
- 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.
- 1594, Christopher Marlowe, Edward II, London: William Jones,[1]
Derived termsEdit
terms derived from hay (noun)
TranslationsEdit
grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder
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Further readingEdit
VerbEdit
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.
- To lay snares for rabbits.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Huloet to this entry?)
TranslationsEdit
to cut green plants for fodder
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Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
Webster's Online Dictionary article on hay
Etymology 2Edit
From the sound it represents, by analogy with other letters such as kay and gay. The expected form in English if the h had survived in the Latin name of the letter "h", hā.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hay (plural hays)
- The letter for the h sound in Pitman shorthand.
Related termsEdit
- aitch, the Latin letter for this sound
AnagramsEdit
Middle FrenchEdit
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Spanish ha i (“it has there”) (compare Catalan hi ha and French il y a), from ha, third-person singular present of haber (“to have”), + i, from Latin ibī (“there”).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
hay
- (Impersonal form) Present indicative form of haber, there is, there are
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Hay dos tiendas que venden películas.
- There are two stores that sell films.
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VietnameseEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
hay
- exciting, interesting
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Phim này hay
- This film is interesting
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VerbEdit
hay [+ verb]
- to have a habit of (doing something)
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Con hay nói nhiều lắm
- You, child, have a habit of talking too much / You, child, are talkative
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ConjunctionEdit
hay (là)
- or
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Chọn cái này, hay chọn cái kia
- Choose this one, or choose that one
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