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1. Expresses permission
   "you may go now"
    
2. Expresses possibility
   "it may rain";
   - might
    
3. Expresses a wish
   "please may it be a good weather"

1. 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
   - whitethorn, English hawthorn, Crataegus laevigata, Crataegus oxycantha

1. The month following April and preceding June
    
2. British stateswoman, leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister July 2016-2019 (born in 1956)
   - Theresa Mary May, Theresa May

Derived forms: maying, mays, Mays

Type of: Gregorian calendar month, haw, hawthorn, PM, premier, Prime Minister

Part of: Crataegus, genus Crataegus, Gregorian calendar, New Style calendar

Encyclopedia: May, Richard