hay

CEFRB1

/heɪ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Dried grass used as food for farm animals.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder.

Examples

  • If the hay caught fire, it would be a real disaster.

  • We stored the hay in the barn.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Cannabis; marijuana.

  2. Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.

  3. A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially a rabbit.

More examples

In context

  • I would like some of that hay. Enclose $20.

  • Hay may be dried too much as well as too little.

  • Make hay while sunne shines.

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Origin

noun

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”), Gutnish hoy (“hay”), Icelandic hey (“hay”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk høy (“hay”), Swedish hö (“hay”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍅𐌹 (hawi, “grass, hay”). More at hew.