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hay

hay

 
pronunciation:
heI
parts of speech:
noun, transitive verb
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part of speech: noun
definition: grass, clover, or alfalfa that is cut, dried, and stored for animal food.
 
 
part of speech: transitive verb
inflections: hays, haying, hayed
definition: to make (grass or a field of grass) into hay.
We hayed the fields in late summer.
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The words hay and hey sound alike but have different meanings.
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