haying

verb

present participle of hay
as in mowing

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  1. mowing
  2. cutting
  3. hunting
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  • Start by mowing shorter than usual, then use a handheld spreader for even seed coverage.
    — Amanda Tust, Architectural Digest, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Prevent clover by fertilizing with nitrogen, mowing taller, watering deeply, and filling bare spots with grass seed.
    — Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of mowing
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  • When cutting them back in the fall for the winter, leave a few branches for wildlife to use for protection, but be sure to remove all of the dead branches to reduce the risk of diseases.
    — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Broadcasters of all sizes, especially local station owners, have been battling cord-cutting and coping with ongoing audience and advertiser shifts away from linear viewing.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of cutting
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  • Trillions of neutrinos — mostly those produced in the sun — pass through our bodies every second, yet after years of hunting them with detectors such as SNO+, researchers have captured only a few hundred thousand of their precious flashes.
    — James Dinneen, Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The case was first launched in April 2009, when Smith and a companion were hunting on snow machines and the elderly man’s machine broke through the ice covering the Ungalikthluk River, not far from Togiak, and sank.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of hunting
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“Haying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haying. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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