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haying time

haying time

1 7.5
The time when farmers cut, dry, and store grass for animal food
  • noun
  • /ˈheɪɪŋ taɪm/
: temporada de heno
  • When haying time arrives, children help their parents gather bales in the field.

Examples

  • And then we were settled for a permanent home on the White River, as I have told you before; but only once for a short while did we stay at the agency, during the haying time, and from then on we lived continuously at home, trying to raise cattle.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The aroma of freshly cut grass fills the air every haying time, signaling the start of the harvest season.

  • During haying time, farmers work hard to cut and dry the grass for their livestock.

Synonyms

haying
vshaying time
1 6.3

A season when people cut, dry, and collect grass to make food for animals

focuses on the time period when cutting, drying, and storing happen
haymaking
vshaying time
1 3.9

Cutting grass and drying it to make food for farm animals

refers to the whole period including drying and storage rather than just the activity

How Long

season
∞ 1.0
haying time
1 7.5
week
∞ 1.0
day
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

haying time singular
haying times plural

Morphology

haying + time

The phrase 'haying time' directly denotes the period for haying and is transparently built from 'haying' (season for cutting/collecting hay) plus 'time' (a span or period). This activity+time compositional pattern is common in English and across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

The phrase haying time comes from farming: it is the time when people cut and dry grass to make hay for animals. So it now means the 'period' when farmers collect and store 'animal food'.