MAY
\mˈe͡ɪ], \mˈeɪ], \m_ˈeɪ]\
Definitions of MAY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America
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the month following April and preceding June
By Princeton University
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thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America
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the month following April and preceding June
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A maiden.
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The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
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The early part or springtime of life.
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The merrymaking of May Day.
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An auxiliary verb qualifyng the meaning of another verb, by expressing: (a) Ability, competency, or possibility; - now oftener expressed by can.
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The flowers of the hawthorn; - so called from their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn.
By Oddity Software
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A maiden.
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The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
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The early part or springtime of life.
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An auxiliary verb qualifyng the meaning of another verb, by expressing: (a) Ability, competency, or possibility; - now oftener expressed by can.
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The flowers of the hawthorn; - so called from their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn.
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The merrymaking of Day.
By Noah Webster.
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To be able; be allowed; to express earnest desire; as, may you never repent this act; to be, under the circumstances, possible; as, the illness may cause his death; to chance, or happen by chance.-May, the fifth month of the year.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The fifth month of the year: the early or gay part of life.
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To gather May (prov. E. the blossom of the hawthorn, which blooms in May):-pr.p. Maying.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The fifth month of the year.
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An auxiliary verb expressing liberty, desire, or wish; to be able; to be possible, as it may be so; to be permitted or allowed; to be by chance, as how old may he be.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By James Champlin Fernald
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