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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
  • Inside, in what is normally a sports hall, hundreds of people are sleeping overnight on trestle beds.
    — Emma Burrows, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
  • While the tents have the most charm, imo—ivory canvas walls, Adirondack chairs on wooden porches, true beds with sheepskin throws and wooden frames—the cabins and suites are unsurprisingly the more comfortable option.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of beds
Verb
  • The narrative begins with a prologue in which a man mows grass in a cemetery dotted with twenty-four unmarked graves.
    — Keziah Weir, Vanity Fair, 13 Aug. 2026
  • When my neighbor mows his lawn, mine goes from looking fine to a little shaggy by that afternoon.
    — byDoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of mows
Verb
  • Scrolling through Reddit and X feels claustrophobic because the screen aggressively crops out so much content.
    — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 3 Aug. 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
  • But the heat dome, an area of high pressure that traps warm air beneath it, isn’t just sending temperatures soaring.
    — Tyler Ory, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Nestling them together traps enough steam to help the interiors soften before the potatoes shrink slightly, giving them room to brown.
    — Rick Martinez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of traps
Verb
  • Bean bags that land on the board without first touching the ground or falling off are worth one point.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of bags
Verb
  • That cuts a contrast to Nepal, where authorities and other sources have provided more frequent updates.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Miranda Hope says in a scene as the trailer cuts to a shot of Paul sobbing and being hugged by Neeley, Mikayla Matthews and Jessi Draper.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of cuts
Verb
  • The top perovskite layer absorbs high-energy blue and ultraviolet light while allowing longer wavelengths to pass through to the bottom CIGS layer, which efficiently captures the remaining low-energy near-infrared light.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Beyond the emergency features, the Link captures a lot of biomarkers — activity, sleep, calories and heart rate variability, to name a few.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of captures
Verb
  • Then, Infalt hunts the remaining 10 percent that also offers quality edge cover.
    — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Liz Meriwether sorta, kinda uses the 1987 thriller Black Widow — in which a government agent (Debra Winger) hunts a female serial killer (Theresa Russell) — as a starting point for a series that doesn’t even bear that title anymore.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of hunts
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“Hays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hays. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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