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hay

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hay  (h)
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 (grass) into hay.
2. To feed with hay.

[Middle English, from Old English heg; see kau- in Indo-European roots.]

hayer n.

hay
Noun
1. grass cut and dried as fodder
2. hit the hay Slang to go to bed
3. make hay while the sun shines to take full advantage of an opportunity [Old English hieg]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hayhay - grass mowed and cured for use as fodder
fodder - 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
Verb1.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"
Translations

hay [heɪ] nheno
hay [heɪ] nfoin m
hay [heɪ] nHeu nt
hay [heɪ] nfieno

hay
n hay [hei]
grass, cut and dried, used as food for cattle etc. hooiحَشيش، قَشсеноsenodas Heuσανόςhenoheinيونجه خشكheinäfoinשַתַתसूखी घासsijenoszénarumput keringheyfieno干し草건초šienassiensrumput keringhooihøysianofenofânсеноsenosenosenoหญ้าแห้งsaman, kuru ot干草сіноمویشیوں کے چارے کے لۓ سوکھی گھاسcỏ khô
n ˌhay-ˈfever
an illness like a bad cold, caused by the pollen of flowers etc. hooikoorsحُمّى القَش، زُكام الحَشائِشсенна хремаsenná rýmahøfeberder Heuschnupfenαλλεργικό συνάχιfiebre del henoheinanohuتب يونجهheinänuharhume des foinsקַדַחַת הַשַתַתपरागज ज्वरpeludna groznicaszénanáthademam panasfrjókornaofnæmi, heymæðifebbre da fieno枯草熱고초열šienligėsiena drudzisdemam alergihooiziektehøyfeber/-snuekatar siennyfebre dos fenosfebra fânului, alergieсенная лихорадкаsenná nádchasenena mrzlicapolenska kojavicahösnuvaไข้ละอองฟาง ที่มีอาการคันจมูก คันตา น้ำมูก น้ำตาไหล และจามsaman nezlesi花粉熱сінна гарячкаزردانوں وغیرہ کی حساسیت کی وجہ سے ہونے والا نزلہ زکام وغیرہbệnh dị ứng phấn hoa hoặc bụi
nouns ˈhayrick [-rik]
hay built up into a large pile. hooimiedكَوْمَة تِبِنкупа сеноstoh senahøstakder Heuschoberθημωνιάalmiarheinakuhiكومه علف خشكheinäsuovameule de foinעֲרֵמַת שַׁתַתबवासीरstog sijenatumpukan rumputheystakkurcumulo/mucchio di fieno干草の山큰 건초더미šieno kupeta/stirtasiena kaudzetimbunan rumput keringhooiberg,-mijthøystakkstóg sianamedaşiră de fânстог сенаstoh senasenena kopaplast senahöstackกองหญ้าใหญ่ที่เก็บไว้ใช้ในฤดูหนาวที่กองไว้กลางแจ้งot/saman yığını乾草堆стіг сінаبندھی ہوئی گھاس کے گٹھےđống cỏ khô
adj ˈhaywire
in a state of disorder; crazy Our computer has gone haywire.deurmekaar, die kluts kwytسِلْك مَعْدَنيлудницаrozbitý; pomatenýskudder-mudderin Unordnungπαλαβώνωen desorden, loconässusمغشوشseonnutdétraquéמְשׁוּגָעखराब हो जानाporemecen, smušen; pokvarenzavaroskacaubilaður; klikkaðurguastato狂った고장난pametęs galvą, iškleręssajucis; nojūdzies; sabojājies; saniķojieskelam-kabutlosgeslagen, gek gewordenspinnvill; sprøzbzikowany, zwariowanylouco(care a luat‑o) raznaне в себе;чокнутыйnefungujúci; pomätenýponorelsluđentrasig, knasigลวดที่ใช้มัดฟางkontroldan çıkmış, sapıtmış亂七八糟的розладнанийنہایت بے ترتیب، الٹا پلٹاrối loạn

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He pointed to the truss of hay and said: "What are those two curious things sticking out of the hay?
He still, however, slept on, and did not awake till he found himself in the mouth of the cow; for the cook had put the hay into the cow's rick, and the cow had taken Tom up in a mouthful of it.
The hay which we shall purchase for our horses this evening - I shall expect to find the stalks about fifty feet long.
 
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