Collocations for "hay"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "hay" in context.
WordReference English Collocations © 2025hay
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n- [keep, store] hay in the [silo, barn]
- [grow, cut, rake, bale] hay in the field
- feed hay to the [cows]
- the [cows] are eating hay
- sleep on a bed of hay
- [harvest, bale] hay
- a bale of hay
- hay and straw
- idiom: make hay while the sun shines
- UK, slang: I need to hit the hay!
n as adj- in a hay silo
- a hay bale
- suffer from hay fever
v- hay the [horses, cows, cattle]
- hay the field
- grass that will be hayed
'hay' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
A cold wet May, good for corn and hay! Much the corn and hay matter nowadays! - English Only forum
A lot of hay is made - English Only forum
a smell almost like crisp hay - English Only forum
and a hay elevator of its own, - English Only forum
and it nodded its head towards her horn, rising over Hay-hill - English Only forum
Bales of hay - English Only forum
baling hay and laying pipe - English Only forum
because he was hungry so he wanted hay - English Only forum
big hay-shaker - English Only forum
brought columbines and campions, and new-mown hay, and <oak-tufts and honeysuckle in small bud> - English Only forum
hate coming to town - shall miss the hay making I fear - English Only forum
Haven't the hay... - English Only forum
hay cart vs motorized tricycle - English Only forum
hay fever - English Only forum
hay fever - allergy - English Only forum
Hay fever vs. allergy - English Only forum
hay in the loft - English Only forum
hay is for horses (disdainful rejoinder) - English Only forum
hay level - English Only forum
Hay vs. straw - English Only forum
Hay ye goin' mate - English Only forum
haystack's down to a hay pile - English Only forum
Hit the road, the hay, the trail, town, bottle, gas,... - English Only forum
I have loaded the truck with hay vs I have loaded hay onto the truck - English Only forum
I'll hay your wagon - English Only forum
Increased population hay increasing population? - English Only forum
loaded with hay - English Only forum
make hay of - English Only forum
make hay of it - English Only forum
make hay while the sun shines / strike while the iron is hot - English Only forum
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