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hay
  1. (uncountable) Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.
  2. (countable) Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder.
  3. (slang) Cannabis; marijuana.
  4. A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially a rabbit.
  5. (obsolete) A hedge.
  6. (obsolete) A circular country dance.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “The fruit is kept in a room for a day after harvest and thereafter, it is wrapped between layers of straw, grass, hay or paper.”
      “He was hoping for a promotion, but all they offered him was a hay in his paycheck.”
      “After a long day of work on the farm, the weary farmer lay down on his hay and quickly fell into a deep slumber.”
haystack
  1. A mound, pile, or stack of stored hay.
  2. (canoeing) A standing wave in a rapid.
  3. (programming) The text string within which another string is searched for.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “To hunt a man without alerting the people is like finding a needle in a haystack.”
      “Shortly before noon today, Eric was discovered asleep in a haystack off a boreen about a mile from his home.”
      “This made her seem disarrayed, as though she's spent the last hour or so lying in a haystack.”
haymaking
  1. The cutting of grass and subsequently curing it to make hay as fodder for animals
  2. Examples:
    1. “It looked easy, but when Cecil was a lad haymaking was a time of acute stress.”
      “Silage and haymaking have proved impossible, leaving farmers in some areas facing a real fodder problem this winter.”
      “Hot steaming rains fell frequently, hindering the late haymaking in the other meads.”
haybox
  1. A chest insulated with a layer of hay, formerly used to keep food hot.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Food is heated conventionally and once brought to the boil, the pot is placed in the haybox to finish cooking in its own heat.”
      “After five minutes you place the rice inside the haybox and half an hour later it will be done.”
      “Left-over turkey and ham never taste so good as in this stew, particularly when it is eaten out of a haybox while following the hunt on a cold winter's day.”
haylift
  1. An airlift in which hay is dropped for stranded cattle.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Colorado also began a haylift in hopes of saving thousands of cattle immobilized by drifts as high as 10 feet.”
hayrake
  1. A rake for collecting hay; especially, a large rake drawn by a horse or horses.
haycock
  1. A small, conical stack of hay left in a field to dry before adding to a haystack
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “So the Lion had his supper, and then went wearily to sleep on a haycock in the thymy meadow.”
      “The child sneezed again so violently that she nearly fell into the haycock.”
      “For approximately 30 years, a technique has consisted in drying haycock with solar energy collected in a double roof.”
hayhead
  1. A type of harvester head used to reap hay.
hayloft
  1. The upper storey of a barn used for storing hay
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I discovered the owls by accident one day, when I climbed into the hayloft of my grandfather's old barn to play on the bales.”
      “The figure quietly moved Barranca's bridle and saddle to the hayloft where it would remain hidden until a thorough search was made of the barn.”
      “It contains seven bays for hay and grain storage, a threshing floor, two stables and a hayloft.”
hayride
  1. (US) A recreational ride in a vehicle full of hay.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Every fall, our family goes on a hayride and enjoys the crisp autumn air while sitting on a wagon brimming with fresh, golden hay.”
      “It was out of selfishness that I invited you to go with me on that sightseeing trip and to the hayride.”
      “The sounds range from bubbly hayride ditties to slight rustic tunes and lonelyheart jazz.”
hay
  1. The letter for the h sound in Pitman shorthand.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The fruit is kept in a room for a day after harvest and thereafter, it is wrapped between layers of straw, grass, hay or paper.”
      “He was hoping for a promotion, but all they offered him was a hay in his paycheck.”
      “After a long day of work on the farm, the weary farmer lay down on his hay and quickly fell into a deep slumber.”
hayland
  1. Grassland whose grass is cut for hay.
haye
  1. Obsolete spelling of hay (grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder).
  2. Examples:
    1. “La Haye plays a deep-sea diver who suffers a memory lapse after surviving a brush with death in India.”
      “It is one of only a few routes linking the village with Colchester and diversions will have to be set up directing traffic on to a narrower route along Haye Lane.”
      “During the bout Haye unleashed a frightening combination made up of a right upper cut, left, then right hook to floor Mormeck.”
haycart
hayfork
  1. A tool used for moving hay; a pitchfork.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The hay would be lifted up into the loft with a hayfork, using a rope and a system of pulleys.”
      “With the hayfork carefully lowered down onto the wagon, the fork would be closed to grasp a load of hay.”
      “He quickly grabbed a hayfork and pointed to Richter, while his opponent unsheathed the sword.”
hayshed
  1. A shed or barn used to store hay.
hayband
  1. A crude rope made from hay.
haybarn
  1. A barn where hay is stored.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Boswell, peevish after spending a night in a haybarn, complained of the lack of marble monuments.”
      “An old haybarn totally rebuilt in 2005 using period materials recuperated from old neighbouring farms.”
      “Jolliest moment Lily Allen performing Not Fair in the Chanel haybarn with Prince looking on.”
haye
  1. A shark (scaleless cartilaginous fish).
  2. Examples:
    1. “La Haye plays a deep-sea diver who suffers a memory lapse after surviving a brush with death in India.”
      “It is one of only a few routes linking the village with Colchester and diversions will have to be set up directing traffic on to a narrower route along Haye Lane.”
      “During the bout Haye unleashed a frightening combination made up of a right upper cut, left, then right hook to floor Mormeck.”
haying
  1. The act of gathering hay.
haymonger
  1. A dealer in hay.
hayfield
  1. A field of hay.
  2. Examples:
    1. “He selected an area that was well isolated from his neighbors, bordered by woods on three sides and on the fourth side by his own hayfield.”
      “It was high enough to be a hayfield except where some farm animal had grazed.”
      “We worked hard through droughts and downpours and no longer walked down to the far hayfield to dream.”
haystalk
  1. A stalk of hay.
haybale
  1. A bale of hay.
haymakings
  1. plural of haymaking
haymongers
  1. plural of haymonger
hayfields
  1. plural of hayfield
haystalks
  1. plural of haystalk
haystacks
  1. plural of haystack
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Stacks of oats were scattered, haystacks turned over and roofs of houses and sheds were badly damaged.”
      “Even the speakers regard their own language as something only to be used for haystacks, peats, potatoes, or sheep.”
      “The crystals were yellow-brown aggregates of needle-shaped structures that simulated haystacks.”
haybands
  1. plural of hayband
haybarns
  1. plural of haybarn
haycocks
  1. plural of haycock
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “On the afternoon he arrived, we went for a long walk and eventually rested against some haycocks in a meadow and had a long talk.”
      “People who handle the hay may use hayforks or pitchforks to move or pitch the hay in building haycocks and haystacks.”
      “Haystacks are also called haycocks in some dialects of English.”
hayforks
  1. plural of hayfork
hayheads
  1. plural of hayhead
haylofts
  1. plural of hayloft
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It was made from wood, and had a high arching roof, with haylofts to either side, almost like a barn.”
      “The little girl was more often to be found prowling around the barns and jumping out of haylofts than sitting inside doing needlework.”
hayrakes
  1. plural of hayrake
hayrides
  1. plural of hayride
  2. Examples:
    1. “Outside the store sat a giant tractor connected to several large trailers, which provided hayrides for kids.”
      “They were breezy, colorful skirts redolent of Woodstock, midnight hayrides and prom nights.”
      “Forest Park is the pride of St. Louis and offers everything from hayrides to ice-skating.”
haysheds
  1. plural of hayshed
haybales
  1. plural of haybale
  2. Examples:
    1. “They found three haybales that were against the edge of the hayloft, and carefully pulled them apart.”
haylands
  1. plural of hayland
haylifts
  1. plural of haylift
haycarts
  1. plural of haycart
hayings
  1. plural of haying
hayboxes
  1. plural of haybox
hayes
  1. plural of haye
  2. Examples:
    1. “Incidentally my rotors are new and straight and when I use another wheel set with Hayes rotors.”
      “For Hayes, the garden has become an all-encompassing metaphor for a life of plenitude.”
      “The absentees included Laurence and John Hurney, Derek Hayes, John Foley, John Phelan, and Colin Keane.”
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