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Hay  (h), John Milton 1838-1905.

American public official and writer who served as ambassador to Great Britain (1897-1898) and U.S. secretary of state (1898-1905). His literary works include poetry and a life of Abraham Lincoln (1890).

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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.

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

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hayer n.

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Hay [heɪ]

n

(Biographies / Hay, Will (1888-1949) M, British, THEATRE: comedian, FILMS AND TV: actor) Will. 1888-1949, British music-hall comedian, who later starred in films, such as Oh, Mr Porter! (1937)

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hay¹

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture)

a.  grass, clover, etc., cut and dried as fodder

b.  (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

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) to cut, dry, and store (grass, clover, etc.) as fodder

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (tr) to feed with hay

[Old English hieg; related to Old Norse hey, Gothic hawi, Old Frisian hē, Old High German houwi; see hew]

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hay², hey [heɪ]

n

1. (Performing Arts / Dancing) a circular figure in country dancing

2. (Performing Arts / Dancing) a former country dance in which the dancers wove in and out of a circle

[of uncertain origin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hay - 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
Verb	1.	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"

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hay

noun straw, fodder, forage, silage, pasturage bales of hay

Translations

hay [heɪ]

A. N → heno m
that ain't hay (US) → eso no es moco de pavo
to hit the hay → acostarse
to make hay while the sun shines → aprovecharse la ocasión

B. CPD hay fever N → fiebre f del heno, alergia f al polen

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hay [ˈheɪ] n → foin m
to make hay, to make hay while the sun shines → saisir l'occasion
hay bale n → balle f de foin
hay fever n → rhume m des foins
to get hay fever (= suffer from) → être sujet(te) au rhume des foins
Do you get hay fever? → Est-ce que vous êtes sujet au rhume des foins?

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hay

n → Heu nt; to make hay → Heu machen, heuen; (fig) → profitieren; to hit the hay (inf) → sich aufs Ohr hauen (inf); to make hay while the sun shines (Prov) → das Eisen schmieden, solange es heiß ist (Prov)

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hay:

haycock

n → Heuhaufen m

hay fever

n → Heuschnupfen m

hayfork

n → Heugabel f; (motor-driven) → Heuwender m

hayloft

n → Heuboden m

haymaker

n

→ Heumacher(in) m(f)

(Boxing inf) → knallharter Schlag, Schwinger m

haymaking

n → Heuen nt, → Heuernte f

hayrack

n (for fodder) → (Heu)raufe f; (US, on wagon) → Heuwagenaufbau m

hayrick, haystack

n → Heuhaufen m

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hay [heɪ] n → fieno
to make hay while the sun shines (Proverb) → battere il ferro finché è caldo

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hay [heɪ] n → fieno
to make hay while the sun shines (Proverb) → battere il ferro finché è caldo

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hay

n hay [hei]

grass, cut and dried, used as food for cattle etc. hooi حَشيش، قَش сено seno hø das Heu σανός heno hein يونجه خشك heinä foin שַתַת सूखी घास sijeno széna rumput kering hey fieno 干し草 건초 šienas siens rumput kering hooi høy siano feno fân сено seno seno seno hö หญ้าแห้ง saman, kuru ot 乾草 сіно مویشیوں کے چارے کے لۓ سوکھی گھاس cỏ khô 干饲草

n hay-ˈfever

an illness like a bad cold, caused by the pollen of flowers etc. hooikoors حُمّى القَش، زُكام الحَشائِش сенна хрема senná rýma høfeber der Heuschnupfen αλλεργικό συνάχι fiebre del heno heinanohu تب يونجه heinänuha rhume des foins קַדַחַת הַשַתַת परागज ज्वर peludna groznica szénanátha demam panas frjókornaofnæmi, heymæði febbre da fieno 枯草熱 건초열 šienligė siena drudzis demam alergi hooiziekte høyfeber/-snue katar sienny febre dos fenos febra fânului, alergie сенная лихорадка senná nádcha senena mrzlica polenska kojavica hösnuva ไข้ละอองฟาง ที่มีอาการคันจมูก คันตา น้ำมูก น้ำตาไหล และจาม saman nezlesi 花粉熱 сінна гарячка زردانوں وغیرہ کی حساسیت کی وجہ سے ہونے والا نزلہ زکام وغیرہ bệnh dị ứng phấn hoa hoặc bụi 花粉热

nouns hayrick [-rik]

hay built up into a large pile. hooimied كَوْمَة تِبِن купа сено stoh sena høstak der Heuschober θημωνιά almiar heinakuhi كومه علف خشك heinäsuova meule de foin עֲרֵמַת שַׁתַת बवासीर stog sijena tumpukan rumput heystakkur cumulo/mucchio di fieno 干草の山 (야외에 쌓은) 건초 더미 šieno kupeta/stirta siena kaudze timbunan rumput kering hooiberg,-mijt høystakk stóg siana meda şiră de fân стог сена stoh sena senena kopa plast sena höstack กองหญ้าใหญ่ที่เก็บไว้ใช้ในฤดูหนาวที่กองไว้กลางแจ้ง ot/saman yığını 乾草堆 стіг сіна بندھی ہوئی گھاس کے گٹھے đống cỏ khô 干草堆

adj haywire

in a state of disorder; crazy Our computer has gone haywire. deurmekaar, die kluts kwyt سِلْك مَعْدَني лудница rozbitý; pomatený skudder-mudder in Unordnung παλαβώνω en desorden, loco nässus مغشوش sekaisin détraqué מְשׁוּגָע खराब हो जाना poremecen, smušen; pokvaren zavaros kacau bilaður; klikkaður guastato 狂った 혼란된, 미친 pametęs galvą, iškleręs sajucis; nojūdzies; sabojājies; saniķojies kelam-kabut losgeslagen, gek geworden spinnvill; sprø zbzikowany, zwariowany louco (care a luat‑o) razna не в себе;чокнутый nefungujúci; pomätený ponorel sluđen trasig, knasig ลวดที่ใช้มัดฟาง kontroldan çıkmış, sapıtmış 亂七八糟的 розладнаний نہایت بے ترتیب، الٹا پلٹا rối loạn 乱七八糟的

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Hay → تبن seno hø Heu άχυρο heno heinä foin sijeno paglia 干し草 건초 hooi høy siano feno сено hö หญ้าแห้ง saman cỏ khô 干草