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hay

  • noun
  • hā

Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.

Other meanings

  1. Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder.

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

Example sentences

  • “Can I take hay fever medicine if I'm breastfeeding?”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Old English "hīeġ".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “hay” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.