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haye

UK/heɪ/

haye noun: a shark (cartilaginous fish of Selachimorpha). Also the obsolete spelling of hay.

Noun

haye (plural hayes)

  1. A shark (cartilaginous fish of Selachimorpha).
    • They have of Hayens or Tuberons which devour men, especially such as fish for Pearles.1613, Samuel Purchas, Pilgrimage, page 504
    • Other unlucky accidents oft-times happen in these seas, as, when (especially in becalmings) men swim in the bearing ocean, the greedy Hayen, called Tuberon or Shark, armed with a double row of venomous teeth, pursue them, directed by a little rhombus or musculus, variously streaked and coloured...1665, Sir Thomas Herbert, A Relation of Some Yeares Travaile Begunne Anno 1626, into Afrique and the Greater Asia, page 6
    Synonyms:
    hay-fish, shark

Proper noun capitalized: Haye

Haye (plural Hayes)

  1. A surname.

Also used as

haye is also the obsolete spelling of hay.

Synonyms of haye

Forms of haye

Noun
pluralhayes
alternative formhayen
alternative formhay
Proper noun
pluralHayes

Plural of haye: hayes

Origin of haye

From Dutch haai (“shark”) or West Flemish haaie (formerly haeye), from the Old Norse hái, a short form of hákarl (“shark”) (a compound of há- (“marks fish of the shark kind”) + karl (“a man”)). The German Hai, the Swedish haj and the Danish haj are from the same source.

See hay.

Phrases with haye

Questions about haye

What does haye mean?
Haye means a shark (cartilaginous fish of Selachimorpha).
What part of speech is haye?
Haye can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce haye?
Haye is pronounced /heɪ/ (UK).
What is the plural of haye?
The plural of haye is hayes.

Words near haye in the dictionary

  1. hayduck
  2. hayducks
  3. hayduk
  4. hayduks
  5. Haydus
  6. haye
  7. hayed
  8. Hayek
  9. Hayekian
  10. Hayekians
  11. Hayekism

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