Hay vs Haya - What's the difference?
hay | haya |
(uncountable) Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.
* Camden
* C. L. Flint
(countable) Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder.
(slang) Cannabis; marijuana.
* 1947 , William Burroughs, letter, 19 Feb 1947:
A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially a rabbit.
(obsolete) A hedge.
(obsolete) A circular country dance.
To cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.
To lay snares for rabbits.
As nouns the difference between hay and haya
is that hay is grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder while haya is a beech tree, especially a pedia=1.As a verb hay
is to cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.hay
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).Noun
- Make hay while the sun shines.
- Hay may be dried too much as well as too little.
- I would like some of that hay . Enclose $20.
- (Rowe)
- to dance the hay
Derived terms
* hay fever * hayloft, hay loft * haystack * hayward * hit the hay * make hay while the sun shinesExternal links
* (wikipedia)Verb
(en verb)- (Huloet)
References
Webster's Online Dictionary article on hay