| may | | |
| n. (time) | 1. may | the month following April and preceding June. |
| ~ gregorian calendar, new style calendar | the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752. |
| ~ first of may, may 1, may day | observed in many countries to celebrate the coming of spring; observed in Russia and related countries in honor of labor. |
| ~ mother's day | second Sunday in May. |
| ~ armed forces day | the 3rd Saturday in May. |
| ~ decoration day, memorial day | legal holiday in the United States, last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war. |
| ~ commonwealth day, empire day, may 24 | British, anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth. |
| ~ gregorian calendar month | a month in the Gregorian calendar. |
| ~ mid-may | the middle part of May. |
| n. (plant) | 2. crataegus laevigata, crataegus oxycantha, english hawthorn, may, whitethorn | 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. |
| ~ crataegus, genus crataegus | thorny shrubs and small trees: hawthorn; thorn; thorn apple. |
| ~ haw, hawthorn | a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus. |
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