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- [hey]
- /heɪ/
- /heɪ/
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- [hey]
- /heɪ/
Definitions of hay word
- noun hay John Milton, 1838–1905, U.S. statesman and author. 1
- noun hay a river in NW Canada, flowing NE to the Great Slave Lake. 530 miles (853 km) long. 1
- verb with object hay to convert (plant material) into hay. 1
- verb with object hay to furnish (horses, cows, etc.) with hay. 1
- verb without object hay to cut grass, clover, or the like, and store for use as forage. 1
- idioms hay a roll in the hay, Slang. sexual intercourse. 1
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Origin of hay
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English hēg; cognate with German Heu, Old Norse hey, Gothic hawi. See hew
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Parts of speech for Hay
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hay popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
hay usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hay
noun hay
- fodder — coarse food for livestock, composed of entire plants, including leaves, stalks, and grain, of such forages as corn and sorghum.
- grass — Günter (Wilhelm) [goo n-ter wil-helm;; German gyn-tuh r vil-helm] /ˈgʊn tər ˈwɪl hɛlm;; German ˈgün tər ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1927–2015, German novelist, poet, and playwright.
- feed — to give a fee to.
- chaff — Chaff is the outer part of grain such as wheat. It is removed before the grain is used as food.
- forage — food for horses or cattle; fodder; provender.
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