grass mowed and cured for use as fodder
"The farmer baled the golden hay to store it as winter fodder for the cattle."
Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.
"In Pitman shorthand, the symbol for the letter h is drawn as a simple vertical line without any curves."
A hedge.
The letter for the h sound in Pitman shorthand.
In plain English: Hay is dried grass used as animal feed.
"The horses munched contentedly on fresh hay."
Usage: Hay refers specifically to dry, cured grass used as livestock feed, distinguishing it from fresh green haylage or silage which are preserved differently. Do not confuse this agricultural product with the letter "h" in shorthand systems or any other unrelated meanings of that symbol.
convert (plant material) into hay
"The farmer spent all morning converting the fresh cut grass into dry hay before winter arrived."
To cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.
"The farmer hired a crew to hay the tall fields before the first frost arrived."
In plain English: Hay is dried grass or other plants used to feed animals.
"The farmer will hay the field next week before the rain comes."
A surname.
"The local farmer named Hay invited everyone to his harvest festival."
The word hay comes from Old English, where it originally meant "wood" or "timber." Its root is a verb meaning to cut down trees.