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hay

[ hey ]
/ heɪ /
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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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Idioms for hay

Origin of hay

before 900; Middle English; Old English hēg; cognate with German Heu, Old Norse hey, Gothic hawi. See hew

OTHER WORDS FROM hay

hay·ey, adjectiveun·hayed, adjective

Words nearby hay

hawthorn, hawthorne, hawthorne effect, hawthorne, nathaniel, hawthornesque, hay, hay fever, hay rake, hay shock, hay-pauncefote treaty, hay-scented fern
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Words related to hit the hay

crash

British Dictionary definitions for hit the hay (1 of 3)

hay1
/ (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)

hay2

hey

/ (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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