Hay (redirected from make hay while the sun shines)

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

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]

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"

Translations

hay [heɪ] n → heno

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hay [heɪ] n → foin m

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hay [heɪ] n → Heu nt

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hay [heɪ] n → fieno

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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 干草 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 고초열 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 큰 건초더미 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 seonnut détraqué מְשׁוּגָע खराब हो जाना poremecen, smušen; pokvaren zavaros kacau bilaður; klikkaður guastato 狂った 고장난 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