hay
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- noun
- /heɪ/
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heno
- The rabbits happily nibbled on the fresh hay we provided for their dinner.
- a bale of hay
- cut hay
- hay for feed
It smells like a cigar mixed with hay, like it is not a pretty scent.
- It smells like a cigar mixed with hay, like it is not a pretty scent.
- And I would sleep under bridges sometimes, sometimes in the hay of a barn.
- It's not necessary that the horse eat this particular hay over here.
- It's an apparatus that cuts hay and a sickle blade is a triangle like this.
- You don't light a fuse in a hay house because strike a match in a hay house because the whole place will go on fire.
- And then the smell, of course of grass, especially if they've been mowing alfalfa for, for hay.
Examples
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The sniff of green leaves and dry leaves, and of the shore and dark coloured sea rocks, and of hay in the barn.
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I remember one time I was cutting hay, and the mower clogged.
Fiction book (1990) -
It's not necessary that the horse eat this particular hay over here.
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You get enough hay for him?
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Our second cutting of hay is going.
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A handful of area farmers have switched over to this to produce hay for livestock.
Academic text (1999) -
"We still farm some of the land for corn and hay," says Ecker.
Academic text (1998) -
Baby goats romping around, rolling in the hay, feeling joy.
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The farmer stored the hay in the barn for the winter months to feed the animals.
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During the summer, we make sure to collect enough hay for the cows to eat.
Synonyms
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Food for farm animals like cows and chickens
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Bulky food like grass or hay fed to horses and cattle
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Food made from green plants like grass or corn that is stored and fermented to feed farm animals
Plant food like grass or hay that animals eat
Food for farm animals like cows or pigs
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A common soil bacterium that breaks down dead plants and sometimes makes antibiotics
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Etymology
Hay comes from an old English word that meant 'cut grass' and is like the German word Heu. So hay means grass that has been cut and dried to feed animals.