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Hays has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

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Noun
1

United States lawyer and politician who formulated a production code that prescribed the moral content of United States films from 1930 to 1966 (1879-1954)

"The film industry's strict censorship rules, known as the Hays Code, were enforced by William H. Hays throughout much of Hollywood's golden age."

2

United States lawyer involved in several famous court trials (1881-1954)

"The legal history class focused its entire semester on Clarence Darrow, but we also spent time discussing the lesser-known contributions of George Hays to early twentieth-century jurisprudence."

3

a town in central Kansas

"They drove all night to reach Hays before checking into their hotel for the rodeo weekend."

4

plural of hay

"The old barn was filled to the brim with hays from last summer's harvest."

Verb
1

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hay

"The cow hays on the dry grass before she chews her cud."

Proper Noun
1

A surname​.

"The new principal, Mr. Hays, greeted every student by name during the morning assembly."

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