Nayed vs Hayed - What's the difference?
nayed | hayed |
(nay)
(archaic) no
or even, or more like, or should I say. Introduces a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one.
* His face was dirty, nay filthy.
* 1663 ,
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 18.
A vote against.
A person who voted against.
nary
(hay)
(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 verbs the difference between nayed and hayed
is that nayed is past tense of nay while hayed is past tense of hay.nayed
English
Verb
(head)nay
English
Adverb
(-)Derived terms
* nay-say * naysayerConjunction
(English Conjunctions)- [...] And proved not only horse, but cows, / Nay pigs, were of the elder house: / For beasts, when man was but a piece / Of earth himself, did th' earth possess.
- And even in our wildest and most wandering reveries, nay in our very dreams, we shall find, if we reflect, that the imagination ran not altogether at adventures,
Noun
(en noun)- I vote nay , even though the motion is popular, because I would rather be right than popular.
- The vote is 4 in favor and 20 opposed, the nays have it.
Adjective
Anagrams
* * * *hayed
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
*hay
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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