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noun

Definition of haysnext
plural of hay
as in beds
slang a place set aside for sleeping dragging myself out of the hay on such a cold, dreary morning seemed like an act of sheer masochism

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verb

present tense third-person singular of hay
as in mows

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hays
  1. beds
  2. mows
  3. crops
  4. traps
  5. bags
  6. cuts
  7. captures
  8. hunts
Noun
  • Food and drink Breakfast here is enough to tempt you out of the hotel’s marshmallow-soft beds, even after a long night of dancing.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
  • Polar bears Aleut and Gregor wasted no time and were rolling in the beds of ice cubes after entering their outside enclosure.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Definition of beds
Verb
  • Those who are approved will receive a total of 18 free lawn mows from April through October, a set number each month, with no further scheduling or calls needed, according to an email from the city.
    — Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
  • With its 5Ah battery, the Goat mows over 5,000 square feet per charge and gets back to work after just 45 minutes of charging.
    — PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 4 Aug. 2025
Definition of mows
Verb
  • There are two levels of HyperSmooth available, standard and Boost, the latter of which crops into the frame a little more tightly to handle especially bumpy scenes.
    — Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 11 June 2026
  • When a user uploads a photo, the algorithm locates the bee, crops the image and compares it to our database.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 14 Nov. 2025
Definition of crops
Verb
  • This heat dome traps the smoke from faraway wildfires close to the ground, resulting in hot, humid, hazy, and ultimately unpleasant conditions.
    — Leon Imber, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • The heat dome — an atmospheric phenomenon that essentially traps hot air over a particular location — built in the West after the first heat wave of the summer began to bake the area last week.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 12 July 2026
Definition of traps
Verb
  • Drizzilicious took their already-craveworthy birthday cake mini rice cakes and added a patriotic twist with their America’s 250 Anniversary Edition bags.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 5 June 2026
  • Give your hefty designer bags a break from the sand and swap in this summer-friendly alternative instead.
    — Amanda Le, InStyle, 3 June 2026
Definition of bags
Verb
  • But because Abundance cuts across the conventional left-right axis, New York politicians left, right, and center can all be on the wrong side of it.
    — Ryder Kessler, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026
  • Extortion in Mexico is a multibillion-dollar racket that cuts across economic sectors and is linked to organized crime.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026
Definition of cuts
Verb
  • The heartwarming family portrait captures a moment of togetherness before an important new chapter for the eldest, who is set to begin boarding school at Eton College this fall.
    — Mathilde Engelmann, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026
  • Nestled at the base of the Cascade Mountains, Leavenworth captures the Old World charm of a European alpine village with its wooden Bavarian architecture, German food like brats and schnitzel, and even its own Oktoberfest.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Definition of captures
Verb
  • Steve Brusatte is a paleontologist who hunts and writes about dinosaurs.
    — Big Think, Big Think, 31 July 2026
  • Any python-nabbing excursion requires adequate prep work to ensure everyone stays safe—and actually hunts the proper animals.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 July 2026
Definition of hunts
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