How do you use Hay in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like fodder or convert, plus the exact meaning.
Hay in a sentence
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Hay meaning
- Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.
- Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder.
- Cannabis; marijuana.
Using Hay
- The main meaning on this page is: Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder. | Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder. | Cannabis; marijuana.
- Useful related words include: fodder, convert.
- In the example corpus, hay often appears in combinations such as: hay fever, the hay, of hay.
Context around Hay
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 9 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hay
- In this selection, "hay" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, term, cutting, straw, production, stack and rick stand out and add context to how "hay" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 19th century hay boat with and all the hay we needed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hay" sits close to words such as arose, deaf and diocese, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hay
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
All the hay we needed… We made hay by hand you know. (12 words)
Hay, quoted in Hay/Roscoe, p. 65 Hay met Rudi Gernreich in July 1950. (14 words)
They lost all hay production on more than half of their hay acres this year. (15 words)
She provided an example to illustrate nutrient removal in hay versus grazing: “If we harvest a three-ton crop of hay from one acre, we’re removing, on average, 150 pounds of nitrogen, 22 pounds of phosphorus and 155 pounds of potassium,” she said. (44 words)
The biggest, most enticing event on the annual literary calendar, it promises a host of big-name authors and thinkers having the kind of unique conversations you can only hear at Hay, all set in the beautiful, bosky environs of Hay-on-Wye. (43 words)
Robert Lincoln began a search for the original copy in 1908, which resulted in the discovery of a handwritten copy of the Gettysburg Address among the bound papers of John Hay—a copy now known as the "Hay copy" or "Hay draft". (42 words)
Example sentences (20)
Depending on region, the term "hay rick" could refer to the machine for cutting hay, the hay stack or the wagon used to collect the hay.
If it costs this operation $45 to make a round bale, and the local hay market is fetching $80 a bale, our hay enterprise must sell its hay to the cattle operation for $80.
He said feeds such as lucerne, or other wheat straws, oats straw/hay, maize hay, sorghum hay and silage will not be subjected to import value-added tax on importation.
Hay, quoted in Hay/Roscoe, p. 65 Hay met Rudi Gernreich in July 1950.
Late 19th century hay boat with small square bales Loose hay was taken to an area designated for storage—usually a slightly raised area for drainage—and built into a hay stack.
Making and transporting hay A tractor mowing a hay field, with the cut hay lying in the foreground.
Pickup truck loaded with "large square" bales Hay production and harvest, colloquially known as "making hay", "haymaking", or "doing hay", involves a multiple step process: cutting, drying or "curing", raking, processing, and storing.
Robert Lincoln began a search for the original copy in 1908, which resulted in the discovery of a handwritten copy of the Gettysburg Address among the bound papers of John Hay—a copy now known as the "Hay copy" or "Hay draft".
She provided an example to illustrate nutrient removal in hay versus grazing: “If we harvest a three-ton crop of hay from one acre, we’re removing, on average, 150 pounds of nitrogen, 22 pounds of phosphorus and 155 pounds of potassium,” she said.
The biggest, most enticing event on the annual literary calendar, it promises a host of big-name authors and thinkers having the kind of unique conversations you can only hear at Hay, all set in the beautiful, bosky environs of Hay-on-Wye.
Bays — who owns Buckscrape Farms — started making the giant hay sculptures as part of Bedford Farm Bureau Young Farmers’ hay bale decorating contest.
Colac Tigers netballers Chloe Hay, Ava Cuolahan and Abby Hay are thrilled to be able to use the new netball courts at Colac’s Central Reserve.
Pietro aims to put his agronomy studies into practice by expanding their hay production with clover in nearby fields, to provide hay for the entire flock and supplement the forage they find in the trees.
The farmers in nearby Halldórsstaðir were also hard at work moving hay rolls in to suitable spots at the top of the slope, where the young people then took them, removed their plastic coverings, and spread the hay around the surrounding area.
A boy loads hay into an antique stationary hay press during a demonstration at Ag Progress Days.
All the hay we needed… We made hay by hand you know.
Bardem, who was one of the presenters for the Best Foreign Film award, switched into Spanish during his remarks and said, “No hay fronteras, no hay muros que frenen el ingenio y el talento.
Staff at the stables began cleanup efforts on Saturday morning, which included pulling the roof of the hay shed off the hay so they could feed all 60 of their horses.
They lost all hay production on more than half of their hay acres this year.
For Myklebust, the hay wasn’t just hay—it was her last tangible connection to a Trump voter.
Common combinations with hay
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- hay fever 27×
- the hay 22×
- of hay 21×
- hay and 15×
- hay river 13×
- hay bales 10×
- and hay 8×
- in hay 6×
- hay to 5×
- hay from 5×