The month following April and preceding June
An auxiliary verb qualifyng the meaning of another verb, by expressing:
Noun
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
Noun
the month following April and preceding June
v.
An auxiliary verb qualifyng the meaning of another verb, by
expressing: (a) Ability, competency, or possibility; -- now oftener
expressed by can.
n.
A maiden.
n.
The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
n.
The early part or springtime of life.
n.
The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from their time of
blossoming; also, the hawthorn.
n.
The merrymaking of May Day.
May
How may a man, said he, with idle speech, Be won to spoil the castle of his health !
For what he [the king] may do is of two kinds; what he may do as just, and what he may do as possible.
For of all sad words of tongue or pen The saddest are these: "It might have been."
Thou mayst be no longer steward.
Though what he learns he speaks, and may advance Some general maxims, or be right by chance.
How old may Phillis be, you ask.
May
May
His May of youth, and bloom of lustihood.3.
The palm and may make country houses gay.
Plumes that micked the may.4.
An auxiliary verb qualifyng the meaning of another verb, by expressing:
A maiden.
The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
Usage Examples
'Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era,' the Whitney Museum's 40th-anniversary trip down counterculture memory lane, provides moments of buzzy fun, but it'll leave you only comfortably numb. For starters, it may be the whitest, straightest, most conservative show seen in a New York museum since psychedelia was new.
A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
A balanced diet may be the best medicine. I was eating too much good eats. But people consider that part of your job, you know? Eat. And I do!
A good education is that which prepares us for our future sphere of action and makes us contented with that situation in life in which God, in his infinite mercy, has seen fit to place us, to be perfectly resigned to our lot in life, whatever it may be.
A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.
A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
A globalized world is by now a familiar fact of life. Building walls or moats may sound appealing, but the future belongs to those who tend to their people and then boldly engage the rest of the world, near and far.
Misspelled FormMay, May, ay, May, Mqay, Mway, Msay, Mzay, Mqy, Mwy, Msy, Mzy, Maqy, Mawy, Masy, Mazy, Maty, Ma6y, Ma7y, Mauy, Mahy, Mat, Ma6, Ma7, Mau, Mah, Mayt, May6, May7, Mayu, Mayh.
Other Usage ExamplesA good garden may have some weeds.
A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.
A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possibility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.
A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
A life lived with integrity - even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shining star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.
A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all.
"These days the technology can solve our problems and then some. Solutions may not only erase physical or mental deficits but leave patients better off than ""able-bodied"" folks. The person who has a disability today may have a superability tomorrow."
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