Meaning

2 senses
  1. To cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.

    собира́ть се́ноsobirátʹ séno

  2. To lay snares for rabbits.

More definitions
  • convert (plant material) into hay

Examples

83 sentences
  1. I'm going to hit the hay.

    Я піду завалюся спати. — deniko

    ruЯ иду дрыхнуть. — LanguagesLover

    deIch hau mich aufs Ohr. — al_ex_an_der

  2. I have hay fever.

    У мене сінна гарячка. — deniko

    ruУ меня сенная лихорадка. — corvard

    deIch habe Heuschnupfen. — Fingerhut

  3. Hay is for horses.

    Сіно — для коней. — deniko

    ruСено - для лошадей. — soweli_Elepanto

    deHeu ist für Pferde. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. The poor child suffers from hay fever.

    deDas arme Kind leidet an Heuschnupfen. — samueldora

  5. I didn't know you had hay fever.

    ruЯ не знал, что у тебя сенная лихорадка. — sharptoothed

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to cut green plants for fodder:

Origin

From Middle English hey, from Old English hīeġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hawi, from Proto

From Middle English hey, from Old English hīeġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hawi, from Proto-Germanic *hawją, from *hawwaną (“to hew, cut down”).

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Forms

hays, haying, hayed, hayed
Base formhay · to hay
3rd person singularhays
Present participlehaying
Past simplehayed
Past participlehayed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhay
he, she, ithays

Past simpleLesson

all personshayed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hayed
he, she, ithas hayed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hay

Word family

3 related words
Derivedunhayed

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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