- grass that has been cut and dried and is used as food for animals
- a bale of hay
Extra ExamplesTopics Farmingc1- The children were playing in the hay.
- The freshly harvested hay was taken into the hayloft.
- They make hay to feed the cattle in winter.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary… of hay- bale
- cut
- harvest
- make
- …
- field
- meadow
- bale
- …
- in the hay
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- (North American English, informal) a small amount of money
Word OriginOld English hēg, hīeg, hīg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hooi and German Heu, also to hew.
Idioms
See hay in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryhit the hay/sack
- (informal) to go to bed
- I decided to hit the sack and have an early night.
make hay while the sun shines
- (saying) to make good use of opportunities, good conditions, etc. while they last
a roll in the hay
- (informal) an act of having sex with somebody
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