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hay

Pronunciation: /heɪ/

The English word “hay” has 11 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.
  2. Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder.
  3. Cannabis; marijuana.
  4. A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially a rabbit.
  5. A hedge.
  6. A net placed around the lair or burrow of an animal.
  7. An enclosure, haw.
  8. A circular country dance.
  9. The letter for the h sound in Pitman shorthand.

verb

  1. To cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.
  2. To lay snares for rabbits.

Etymology

From Middle English hey, from Old English hīeġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hawi, from Proto-Germanic *hawją, from *hawwaną (“to hew, cut down”). Cognate with West Frisian hea (“hay”), Alemannic German Heuw (“hay”), Cimbrian höobe (“hay”), Dutch hooi (“hay”), German Heu (“hay”), Luxembourgish Hee (“hay”), Mòcheno hei (“hay”), Yiddish היי (hey, “hay”), Danish hø (“hay”), Faroese hoyggj (“hay”),…

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