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hay noun [ heɪ ]

• grass that has been mown and dried for use as fodder.
Similar: forage, dried grass, pasturage, herbage, silage, fodder, straw,

hay verb

• (of grass) dry while standing.
• "the grass had all hayed off and gone to seed"
Origin: Old English hēg, hīeg, hīg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hooi and German Heu, also to hew.

hay noun

• a country dance with interweaving steps similar to a reel.
Origin: early 16th century: from an obsolete sense ‘a kind of dance’ of French haie ‘hedge’, figuratively ‘row of people lining the route of a procession’.

hit the hay

• go to bed.

make hay

• make good use of an opportunity; use a situation to one's advantage.
"the opposition parties intend to make hay out of the government's pre-election promises"

make hay while the sun shines

• make the most of a favourable situation while it lasts.



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