hay

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.

   Make hay while sunne shines.

2. 2
   noun

   Cannabis; marijuana.

   I would like some of that hay. Enclose $20.

3. 3
   noun

   A circular country dance.

   My men like Satyres grazing on the lawnes, Shall with their Goate feete daunce an antick hay,

4. 4
   noun

   grass mowed and cured for use as fodder

5. 5
   verb

   convert (plant material) into hay

6. 6
   noun

   Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder.

7. 7
   noun

   A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially a rabbit.

8. 8
   verb

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

Etymology

From Middle English hey, from Old English hīeġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hawi, from Proto-Germanic *hawją, from *hawwaną (“to hew, cut down”). Cognate with West Frisian hea (“hay”), Alemannic German Heuw (“hay”), Cimbrian höobe (“hay”), Dutch hooi (“hay”), German Heu (“hay”), Luxembourgish Hee (“hay”), Mòcheno hei (“hay”), Yiddish היי (hey, “hay”), Danish hø (“hay”), Faroese hoyggj (“hay”), Gutnish hoy (“hay”), Icelandic hey (“hay”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk høy (“hay”), Swedish hö (“hay”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍅𐌹 (hawi, “grass, hay”). More at hew.