HAY Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word hay. (close relations)
Definition of HAY
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bale | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a large bundle bound for storage or transport • a city in northwestern Switzerland verb • make into a bale | ||||||||
chaff | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds • foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure verb • be silly or tease one another | ||||||||
feed | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • food for domestic livestock verb • provide as food • give food to • feed into; supply • introduce continuously • support or promote • take in food; used of animals only • serve as food for; be the food for • move along, of liquids • profit from in an exploitatory manner • gratify • provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to | ||||||||
fodder | nounn | |||||||
noun • soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire • coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop verb • give fodder (to domesticated animals) | ||||||||
food | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue • any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment • anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking | ||||||||
forage | verbv | |||||||
noun • bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle • the act of searching for food and provisions verb • collect or look around for (food) • wander and feed | ||||||||
grass | nounn | |||||||
noun • German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927) • narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay • a police informer who implicates many people • bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle • street names for marijuana verb • shoot down, of birds • cover with grass • spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach • feed with grass • give away information about somebody | ||||||||
grazing | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the act of grazing • the act of brushing against while passing | ||||||||
herbage | nounn | |||||||
noun • succulent herbaceous vegetation of pastureland | ||||||||
kibble | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • coarsely ground grain in the form of pellets (as for pet food) • an iron bucket used for hoisting in wells or mining | ||||||||
pasture | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock • bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle verb • let feed in a field or pasture or meadow • feed as in a meadow or pasture | ||||||||
provender | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • food for domestic livestock • a stock or supply of foods | ||||||||
silage | nounn | |||||||
noun • fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo | ||||||||
stalk | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds • a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ • a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush • the act of following prey stealthily • a stiff or threatening gait verb • walk stiffly • follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to • go through (an area) in search of prey | ||||||||
straw | nounn | |||||||
noun • plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder • material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds • a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white • a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth adjective satellite • of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored verb • cover or provide with or as if with straw • spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic) | ||||||||
stubble | nounn | |||||||
noun • material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds • short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days |