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# haymaking

«haymaking» in Mova's school dictionary: **Cutting grass, drying it in the sun and gathering it as…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (haymaking — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Cutting grass, drying it in the sun and gathering it as hay to feed animals in winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haymaking/#m1)

2) (sport, informal) A haymaker is a big wild punch; haymaking can mean throwing such punches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haymaking/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In farm stories, history and harvest lessons; the saying make hay while the sun shines (use a good chance while it lasts). Phrases: haymaking season, make hay while the sun shines.

### examples

- Haymaking starts in early summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haymaking/#x1)
- The whole village helped with the haymaking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haymaking/#x2)
- Haymaking needs a few dry sunny days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haymaking/#x3)
- In the old days, haymaking was done with scythes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haymaking/#x4)
- Make hay while the sun shines, and do your homework while you have time! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haymaking/#x5)
- The farmer is busy with haymaking this week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haymaking/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Hay is dried grass for animals; straw is the dry stalks left after grain is harvested. Do not mix them up.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «haymaking» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haymaking/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.