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Hay

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Noun

1. hay

grass mowed and cured for use as fodder

Verb

2. hay

convert (plant material) into hay

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hay

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noun
1. 
a. 
grass, clover, etc, cut and dried as fodder
b. 
(in combination)
a hayfield
a hayloft
2.  hit the hay
3.  make hay of
4.  make hay while the sun shines
5.  roll in the hay
verb
6. 
to cut, dry, and store (grass, clover, etc) as fodder
7. (transitive)
to feed with hay
noun
1. 
a circular figure in country dancing
2. 
a former country dance in which the dancers wove in and out of a circle
noun
Will. 1888–1949, British music-hall comedian, who later starred in films, such as Oh, Mr Porter! (1937)

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Hay

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John (Milton)1838-1905; U.S. statesman & writer: secretary of state (1898-1905)
noun
1. 
grass, alfalfa, clover, etc. cut and dried for use as fodder
2.  Slang
bed, often, specif., as a place for sexual intercourse
3.  US, Slang
a small amount, esp. of money
a hundred dollars ain't hay
verb intransitive
4. 
to mow grass, alfalfa, etc., and spread it out to dry
verb transitive Rare
5. 
to furnish with hay
6. 
to grow grass on (land) for hay
noun
an old country dance with much winding in and out

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hay

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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.
American public official and writer who served as ambassador to Great Britain (1897-1898) and US secretary of state (1898-1905). Assistant private secretary to Abraham Lincoln (1861-1864), he kept a diary throughout the Civil War and coauthored a ten-volume biography of Lincoln (1890).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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