[
UK
/hˈeɪz/
]
[ US /ˈheɪz/ ]
[ US /ˈheɪz/ ]
NOUN
- a town in central Kansas
- United States lawyer involved in several famous court trials (1881-1954)
- United States lawyer and politician who formulated a production code that prescribed the moral content of United States films from 1930 to 1966 (1879-1954)
How To Use Hays In A Sentence
- And if you can develop a machine to look for the needle in the haystack and what you come out with from having the machine sift through the haystack is a box of straw, where maybe the needle's in there and maybe a few bonus needles, then that's a whole lot better than having humans try to sift through a haystack. Wired Top Stories
- Lawson's head 'leap from its halse though it was as big as a haystack.' Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series
- The Savage family consists of a bunch of stubborn hayseeds that get real angry when crossed.
- He taught sharecroppers, worked with the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union, and according to folksinger Lee Hays helped reshape the old gospel tune "I Shall Overcome" into a political anthem. Richard (RJ) Eskow: Rebels And Messiahs: 10 Spiritual Ancestors For Occupy Wall Street
- Who gave youe leave to hunte in this Chyviat chays, in the spyt of myn and of me. ' Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series
- And in a haystack of needles, just to complicate things a little. THE TOUCH OF INNOCENTS
- Just behind them a haystack rears up, a ladder leaning against the side.
- Unfortunately, without his glasses, George literally could not distinguish a tramcar from a haystack. THE LONELY SEA
- If there are many volunteers then spotting them will be like trying to spot a needle in a haystack.
- The walls are etched with what appear to be silver murals of old Rome, although if you squint your eyes these runic designs could be haystacks in Iowa, or ice sculptures in old Quebec.