May
//meɪ//
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The word "may" can be used as proper noun, verb and noun.
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Black May Bloody May Cambus o' May I hope I may be shot I may not but I wish I may be shot Italian may Italian may King of May King of the May Lady of the May Lord of May Lord of the May May 7th May Ball May Bumps May Day May Hill May Marian May Morning May Queen May Revolution May Uprising May Week May and December May and January May apple May beetle May bishop May blob May bloom May blossom May bug May butter May curlew May dew May examination May fish May flower May fly May fowl May game May gowan May grape May grass May gray May highflyer May lady May laws May lily May meetings May parr May peal May pole May races May rose May skin May thorn May whaap May whaup May wine May wool May-December May-September romance May-Thurner syndrome May-White syndrome May-bean May-bird May-bush May-chafter May-cherry May-chick May-chit May-drink May-fern May-fly May-gad May-haw May-house May-jack May-king May-lord May-morn May-morning May-pop May-roll May-rose May-sel May-skate May-sucker May-term May-week May-worm Maycember Mayey Mayfair Mayie Maying Mays Landing Maytime Maywort Memphis in May Queen of May Queen of the May Sun of May a cat may look at a king as luck may have it as the case may be be it as it may be that as it may be this as it may come what may devil-may-care formay gods may do what cattle may not have climbed May Hill hold come what may if I may if I may be so bold if I may make so bold if I may say so it may well with lang may yer lum reek let the chips fall where they may let the dice fall where they may mappen may God be my witness may God have mercy on your soul may I help you may I pass through may I? may as well may chance may duke may tag may the 4th be with you may the Force be with you may the Force be without you may the Force not be with you may the fourth be with you may the odds be ever in your favor may tree may tree may well may well with may you live in interesting times may-fall may-fortune may-issue may-pole may-weed mayapple maybe maybird mayduke mayfish mayflower mayfly mayhap mayhappen mayhaw mayhaw mayn't maypole maytag mid-May mother may I much good may it do someone ne'er cast a clout till May be out one may as well hang for a sheep as a lamb pigs may fly sell in May and go away shield-may sticks and stones may break my bones that is as may be that's as may be the fox may grow grey but never good the wolf may lose his teeth but never his nature there may be snow on the mountaintop but there's fire in the valley there may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnace those who will not when they may, when they will they shall have nay to those it may concern to whom it may concern to whom this may concern try as one may what-you-may-call-it whatever the case may be your mileage may differ your mileage may vary
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