may : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a terrorist organization formed in 1979 by a faction of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine but disbanded in the 1980s when key members left to join a faction of al-Fatah
  

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• noun the date of Allied victory in Europe, World War II
  V-E Day.
  

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• noun a cape of southeast New Jersey extending into the Atlantic Ocean
  

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• noun North American wood warbler; olive green and yellow striped with black
  Dendroica tigrina.
  

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• reckless, defiant of authority; used adjectively. Longfellow.

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• adjective satellite cheerfully irresponsible
  harum-scarum; slaphappy; carefree; happy-go-lucky; freewheeling.
  
  • carefree with his money
  • freewheeling urban youths
  • had a harum-scarum youth
• adjective satellite marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness
  rakish; raffish.
  
  • a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors"- Crary Moore

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• noun English author of novels and short stories who grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) (born in 1919)
  Lessing; Doris Lessing.
  

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• noun observed in many countries to celebrate the coming of spring; observed in Russia and related countries in honor of labor
  First of May; May 1.
  

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• noun United States actress in many silent films (1899-1983)
  Gloria Swanson; Swanson.
  

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• (Bot.), a shrubby species of Spiræa (S. hypericifolia) with many clusters of small white flowers along the slender branches.

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• noun United States novelist noted for children's books (1832-1888)
  Alcott.
  

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• noun observed in many countries to celebrate the coming of spring; observed in Russia and related countries in honor of labor
  First of May; May 1.
  

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• noun British, anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth
  Empire day; Commonwealth Day.
  

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• noun edible but insipid fruit of the May apple plant
  
• noun North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit
  mayapple; Podophyllum peltatum; wild mandrake.
  

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• (Bot.), the fruit of an American plant (Podophyllum peltatum). Also, the plant itself (popularly called mandrake), which has two lobed leaves, and bears a single egg-shaped fruit at the forking. The root and leaves, used in medicine, are powerfully drastic.

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• are used as equivalent to possibly, perhaps, by chance, peradventure. See 1st Maybe.

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• noun any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult
  Melolontha melolontha; May beetle; cockchafer.
  
• noun any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.
  May beetle; June beetle; June bug.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of large lamellicorn beetles that appear in the winged state in May. They belong to Melolontha, and allied genera. Called also June beetle.

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• noun swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups
  kingcup; water dragon; meadow bright; cowslip; Caltha palustris; marsh marigold.
  

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• noun any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult
  Melolontha melolontha; May beetle; cockchafer.
  
• noun any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.
  May beetle; June beetle; June bug.
  

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• noun observed in many countries to celebrate the coming of spring; observed in Russia and related countries in honor of labor
  First of May; May 1.
  

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• the first day of May; celebrated in the rustic parts of England by the crowning of a May queen with a garland, and by dancing about a May pole.

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• the morning dew of the first day of May, to which magical properties were attributed.

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• noun black-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States
  Fundulus majalis; striped killifish; mayfish.
  

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• (Bot.), a plant that flowers in May; also, its blossom. See Mayflower, in the vocabulary.

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• (Zoöl.), any species of Ephemera, and allied genera; so called because the mature flies of many species appear in May. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral.

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• any May-day sport.

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• the queen or lady of May, in old May games.

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• noun low-growing perennial plant having usually two large oblong lanceolate leaves and a raceme of small fragrant nodding bell-shaped flowers followed by scarlet berries
  lily of the valley; Convallaria majalis.
  

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• (Bot.), the lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis).

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• . See Maypole in the Vocabulary.

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• noun the girl chosen queen of a May Day festival
  May queen.
  

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• a girl or young woman crowned queen in the sports of May Day.

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• the hawthorn.

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• noun a punch made of Moselle and sugar and sparkling water or champagne flavored with sweet woodruff
  

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• noun the middle part of May
  

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• noun the girl chosen queen of a May Day festival
  May queen.
  

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• adverb in spite of all obstacles
  no matter what happens; come hell or high water.
  
  • we'll go to Tibet come hell or high water

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• noun United States baseball player (born in 1931)
  Willie Howard Mays Jr.; Say Hey Kid; Mays.
  

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• noun United States baseball player (born in 1931)
  Willie Howard Mays Jr.; Say Hey Kid; Mays.
  

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• noun tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
  maize; corn; Indian corn.
  

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• noun corn having kernels almost entirely of soft starch
  soft corn; squaw corn; flour corn.
  

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• noun corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat
  popcorn.
  

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• noun corn whose kernels contain both hard and soft starch and become indented at maturity
  dent corn.
  

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• noun corn having kernels with a hard outer layer enclosing the soft endosperm
  flint corn; Yankee corn; flint maize.
  

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• noun a corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating
  Zea saccharata; sweet corn plant; sweet corn; green corn; sugar corn.
  

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