hay /heɪ/ noun [uncountable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: hieg]

1. long grass that has been cut and dried, used as food for cattle

2. make hay (while the sun shines) to take the opportunity to do something now, because you may not be able to do it later

3. hit the hay informal to go to bed
⇒ a roll in the hay at roll²(10)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

hay
noun
QUANT. bale
VERB + HAY cut, harvest, make The freshly harvested hay was taken into the big hay barn. They make hay to feed the cattle in winter.
HAY + NOUN meadow | bale | barn, loft
PREP. in the ~ The children were playing in the hay.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

hay
heɪ
See: hit the hay

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