hay
[ hey ]
/ heɪ /
noun
verb (used with object)
to convert (plant material) into hay.
to furnish (horses, cows, etc.) with hay.
verb (used without object)
to cut grass, clover, or the like, and store for use as forage.
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Origin of hay
before 900; Middle English; Old English hēg; cognate with German Heu, Old Norse hey, Gothic hawi. See hew
Related forms
hay·ey, adjectiveun·hayed, adjectiveDictionary.com Unabridged
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British Dictionary definitions for hit the hay (1 of 3)
hay
1/ (heɪ) /
noun
verb
to cut, dry, and store (grass, clover, etc) as fodder
(tr) to feed with hay
Word Origin for hay
Old English hieg; related to Old Norse hey, Gothic hawi, Old Frisian hē, Old High German houwi; see hew
British Dictionary definitions for hit the hay (2 of 3)
hay
2hey
/ (heɪ) /
noun
a circular figure in country dancing
a former country dance in which the dancers wove in and out of a circle
Word Origin for hay
C16: of uncertain origin
British Dictionary definitions for hit the hay (3 of 3)
Hay
/ (heɪ) /
noun
Will. 1888–1949, British music-hall comedian, who later starred in films, such as Oh, Mr Porter! (1937)
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Idioms and Phrases with hit the hay (1 of 2)
hit the hay
Also, hit the sack. Go to bed, as in I usually hit the hay after the eleven o'clock news, or I'm tired, let's hit the sack. The first colloquial expression dates from the early 1900s, the variant from about 1940.
Idioms and Phrases with hit the hay (2 of 2)
hay
see hit the hay; make hay while the sun shines; roll in the hay; that ain't hay.
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