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Definition hay

Etymology 1

From Middle English hey, from Old English h??, h?e?, from Proto-Germanic *hawj? (compare West Frisian hea, Dutch hooi, German Heu, Norwegian h�y), from *hawwan? (�to hew, cut down�). More at hew.

Noun

hay (countable and uncountable, plural hays)

1. (uncountable) Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.
2. (countable) Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder.
3. (slang) Cannabis; marijuana.
4. A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially a rabbit.
5. (obsolete) A hedge.
6. (obsolete) A circular country dance.

Verb

hay (third-person singular simple present hays, present participle haying, simple past and past participle hayed)

1. To cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.
2. To lay snares for rabbits.

Etymology 2

From the sound it represents, by analogy with other letters such as kay and gay. The expected form in English if the h had survived in the Latin name of the letter "h", h?.

Noun

hay (plural hays)

1. The letter for the h sound in Pitman shorthand.

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