hay
Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodderGrass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.
» I'm going to hit the hay.
Ich hau mich aufs Ohr.
Я иду дрыхнуть.
Я иду на боковую.
Я пойду на боковую.
Я піду завалюся спати.
Meaning
9 senses(uncountable)Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.
Heu
се́ноséno
сі́ноsíno
grass mowed and cured for use as fodder
(countable)Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder.
(countable, slang, uncountable)Cannabis; marijuana.
(countable, uncountable)A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially a rabbit.
The letter for the h sound in Pitman shorthand.
(obsolete)A hedge.
(obsolete)A net placed around the lair or burrow of an animal.
(obsolete)An enclosure, haw.
(obsolete)A circular country dance.
Examples
83 sentencesI'm going to hit the hay.
Я піду завалюся спати.
ruЯ иду дрыхнуть.
deIch hau mich aufs Ohr.
I have hay fever.
У мене сінна гарячка.
ruУ меня сенная лихорадка.
deIch habe Heuschnupfen.
Hay is for horses.
Сіно — для коней.
ruСено - для лошадей.
deHeu ist für Pferde.
The poor child suffers from hay fever.
deDas arme Kind leidet an Heuschnupfen.
I didn't know you had hay fever.
ruЯ не знал, что у тебя сенная лихорадка.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English hey, from Old English hīeġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hawi, from ProtoFrom Middle English hey, from Old English hīeġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hawi, from Proto-Germanic *hawją, from *hawwaną (“to hew, cut down”).
From Middle English haye, heye, a conflation of Old English heġe (“hedge, fence”) and Old English ġehæġ (“an enclosed piece of land”).
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", hā.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: haysWord family
61 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable