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haying time

haying time

7.5
The time when farmers cut, dry, and store grass for animal food
  • noun
  • /ˈheɪɪŋ taɪm/
translation icon : 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
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
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'.