Synonyms for
Hay
Definition
Hay is dried grass that is used as animal food.
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Antonyms
Common collocations
- make hay
- bale of hay
- stack of hay
- dry hay
- cut hay
- feed the hay
- smell of hay
Word family
Usage note
Hay refers specifically to dried grass or other plants used for animal fodder. It is distinct from fresh grass or silage.
Example sentences
- The farmer stores hay in the barn for the cows to eat.
- The horse loves to eat hay all day.
- The farmer stacked the hay bales neatly.
- The cows are eating the fresh hay in the field.
- We need to buy some hay for our pet rabbits.
Quotes
Age is not measured by years. Nature does not equally distribute energy. Some people are born old and tired while others are going strong at seventy.
I'm a Texas girl, with big hair and big personality. I love my family, God and hay!
I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills. The Equator runs across these highlands, a hundred miles to the north, and the farm lay at an altitude of over six thousand feet. In the day-time you felt that you had got high up, near to the sun, but the early mornings and evenings were limpid and restful, and the nights were cold.