Phrase Hound found 68 phrases and 174 compound words that contain hay. The most common are listed below. Open hay in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 68
- hay feverAn allergy to the pollen of grass or other plants that causes symptoms similar to those of a cold; pollinosis.
- hit the hayTo go to bed.
- make hayTo cut grass to turn into hay for animal feed.
- Hay RiverA town in Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States.
- hay rideA leisurely ride in an open cart filled with hay throughout a scenic area.
- make hay while the sun shinesTo act while an opportunity exists; to take action while a situation is favorable.
- hay is for horsesSaid as a retort to someone saying hey (any sense of the interjection), used to indicate that the speaker disapproves of the usage of the word "hey", perhaps due to a dislike of informal speech.
- hay devila small whirlwind, usually of short duration, that swirls hay pieces and parts to great heights
- roll in the hayA session of sexual intercourse.
- Parsley HayA hamlet in Hartington Middle Quarter parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1463).
- Combe HayA village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7359).
- Hay-on-WyeA small town in Hay community, Powys, Wales, on the border with Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO2242).
- Cheslyn HayA village and civil parish in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9707).
- hits the haythird-person singular simple present indicative of hit the hay: To go to bed.
- hitting the haypresent participle and gerund of hit the hay
- what the hayEuphemistic form of what the hell (“why not, who cares”).
- hay dayEggcorn of heyday.
- hay knifeAn agricultural hand tool, a long-bladed, sometimes serrated knife for cutting sections from a pile of hay or silage.
- hay moonA full moon in July.
- salt hayA hay made from saltgrass.
- hay bagA bag filled with hay.
- hay loftAlternative spelling of hayloft: The upper storey of a barn used for storing hay.
- hay rakeAlternative form of hayrake: A rake for collecting hay
- Hay-Wells syndromeA form of ectodermal dysplasia.
- hay-scented fernAny fern of genus Dennstaetia, of many warm temperate to tropical regions, especially
Compound words 174
- haywardOne whose occupation involved overseeing the sowing and harvesting of crops as well as protecting the crops from stray people or animals.
- haystackA mound, pile, or stack of stored hay.
- haywireWire used to bind bales of hay.
- HayleyAn English placename.
- HaymarketAny of various placenames, particularly a street in the City of Westminster, London, and the Theatre Royal Haymarket in that street.
- hayseedSeeds from grass that has become hay.
- hayfieldA field of hay.
- haymakerA person or machine which harvests or prepares tall grass for use as animal fodder.
- haycockA small conical pile of hay, or a heap of hay thrown up in a hayfield while the hay is being cured or awaiting relocation to a haystack or barn.
- hayfeverAlternative spelling of hay fever: An allergy to the pollen of grass or other plants that causes symptoms similar to those of a cold; pollinosis.