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Verb: may (might,may)  mey
  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"
Noun: may  mey
  1. Thorny Eurasian shrub or small tree with dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by red berries; established in eastern North America
    "The may tree blossomed, heralding the arrival of spring";
    - whitethorn, English hawthorn, Crataegus laevigata, Crataegus oxycantha
Noun: May  mey
  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: mays, maying, Mays

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

Part of: Conservative Party, Crataegus, genus Crataegus, Gregorian calendar, New Style calendar, Tory Party

Encyclopedia: May, Peter