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What (who) is hay - definition

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HAY

hay         
  • A traditional method of storing wheat hay in Punjab.
  • Haymakers, from the ''[[Grimani Breviary]]'', c. 1510.
  • Close view of loose grass hay.<!--fluffed out from a newly-opened bale-->
  • When possible, hay, especially small square bales like these, should be stored under cover and protected from [[precipitation]].
  • Late 19th-century hay boat with small square bales
  • Field of freshly baled round hay bales.
  • These round bales have been left in the field for many months, perhaps more than a year, exposed to weather, and appear to be rotting. Not all animals can safely eat hay with rot or mold
  • A tractor mowing a hay field, with the cut hay lying in the foreground.
  • 1885}}
  • Modern small-scale transport. Pickup truck loaded with "large square" bales
  • A completely wrapped [[silage]] bale in [[Austria]].
  • Horses eating hay
  • A [[round baler]] dumping a freshly rolled hay bale
  • Different balers can produce hay bales in different sizes and shapes. Here two different balers were used to create both large round bales and small square bales.
  • Round bales are harder to handle than square bales but compress the hay more tightly. This round bale is partially covered with net wrap, which is an alternative to [[twine]].
  • Poor-quality hay is dry, bleached out and coarse-stemmed. Sometimes, hay stored outdoors will look like this on the outside but still be green inside the bale. A dried, bleached or coarse bale is still edible and provides some nutritional value as long as it is dry and not moldy, dusty, or rotting.
DRIED GRASS, LEGUMES OR OTHER HERBACEOUS PLANTS USED AS ANIMAL FODDER
Haystalk; Haying; Hay bale; Haystacks; Grass hay; Hay balers; Haymaking; Haystack (pile); Haystack; Hay meadow; Hay bales
¦ noun grass that has been mown and dried for use as fodder.
Phrases
hit the hay informal go to bed.
make hay (while the sun shines) make good use of an opportunity while it lasts.
Derivatives
haying noun
Origin
OE heg, hieg, hig, of Gmc origin; related to hew.
hay         
  • A traditional method of storing wheat hay in Punjab.
  • Haymakers, from the ''[[Grimani Breviary]]'', c. 1510.
  • Close view of loose grass hay.<!--fluffed out from a newly-opened bale-->
  • When possible, hay, especially small square bales like these, should be stored under cover and protected from [[precipitation]].
  • Late 19th-century hay boat with small square bales
  • Field of freshly baled round hay bales.
  • These round bales have been left in the field for many months, perhaps more than a year, exposed to weather, and appear to be rotting. Not all animals can safely eat hay with rot or mold
  • A tractor mowing a hay field, with the cut hay lying in the foreground.
  • 1885}}
  • Modern small-scale transport. Pickup truck loaded with "large square" bales
  • A completely wrapped [[silage]] bale in [[Austria]].
  • Horses eating hay
  • A [[round baler]] dumping a freshly rolled hay bale
  • Different balers can produce hay bales in different sizes and shapes. Here two different balers were used to create both large round bales and small square bales.
  • Round bales are harder to handle than square bales but compress the hay more tightly. This round bale is partially covered with net wrap, which is an alternative to [[twine]].
  • Poor-quality hay is dry, bleached out and coarse-stemmed. Sometimes, hay stored outdoors will look like this on the outside but still be green inside the bale. A dried, bleached or coarse bale is still edible and provides some nutritional value as long as it is dry and not moldy, dusty, or rotting.
DRIED GRASS, LEGUMES OR OTHER HERBACEOUS PLANTS USED AS ANIMAL FODDER
Haystalk; Haying; Hay bale; Haystacks; Grass hay; Hay balers; Haymaking; Haystack (pile); Haystack; Hay meadow; Hay bales
n.
1) to make hay
2) to bundle, gather, stack hay
3) a haystack
4) (misc.) (AE; colloq.) to hit the hay ('to go to sleep')
hay         
  • A traditional method of storing wheat hay in Punjab.
  • Haymakers, from the ''[[Grimani Breviary]]'', c. 1510.
  • Close view of loose grass hay.<!--fluffed out from a newly-opened bale-->
  • When possible, hay, especially small square bales like these, should be stored under cover and protected from [[precipitation]].
  • Late 19th-century hay boat with small square bales
  • Field of freshly baled round hay bales.
  • These round bales have been left in the field for many months, perhaps more than a year, exposed to weather, and appear to be rotting. Not all animals can safely eat hay with rot or mold
  • A tractor mowing a hay field, with the cut hay lying in the foreground.
  • 1885}}
  • Modern small-scale transport. Pickup truck loaded with "large square" bales
  • A completely wrapped [[silage]] bale in [[Austria]].
  • Horses eating hay
  • A [[round baler]] dumping a freshly rolled hay bale
  • Different balers can produce hay bales in different sizes and shapes. Here two different balers were used to create both large round bales and small square bales.
  • Round bales are harder to handle than square bales but compress the hay more tightly. This round bale is partially covered with net wrap, which is an alternative to [[twine]].
  • Poor-quality hay is dry, bleached out and coarse-stemmed. Sometimes, hay stored outdoors will look like this on the outside but still be green inside the bale. A dried, bleached or coarse bale is still edible and provides some nutritional value as long as it is dry and not moldy, dusty, or rotting.
DRIED GRASS, LEGUMES OR OTHER HERBACEOUS PLANTS USED AS ANIMAL FODDER
Haystalk; Haying; Hay bale; Haystacks; Grass hay; Hay balers; Haymaking; Haystack (pile); Haystack; Hay meadow; Hay bales
1.
Hay is grass which has been cut and dried so that it can be used to feed animals.
...bales of hay.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If you say that someone is making hay or is making hay while the sun shines, you mean that they are taking advantage of a situation that is favourable to them while they have the chance to.
We knew that war was coming, and were determined to make hay while we could.
PHRASE: V inflects

Wikipedia

Hay (disambiguation)

Hay is dried grass.

Hay or HAY may also refer to:

Examples of use of hay
1. My cows have hay, in bales, made from my traditional hay meadows, full of grasses and wildflowers.
2. When he drives his circuit, he sometimes gets "hay calls" from people who want to buy hay or from Bale Band–It customers.
3. Speaking at the Guardian Hay festival at Hay–on–Wye, the evolutionary biologist Steve Jones spoke of his frustrations when trying to debate with religious opponents.
4. Ragwort is even more dangerous when baled for hay.
5. Let‘s face it, Walter Mondale wouldn‘t have packed out Hay.