[mey] 
) may⋅est or mayst, 3rd may; present plural may; past might. | 1. | (used to express possibility): It may rain. |
| 2. | (used to express opportunity or permission): You may enter. |
| 3. | (used to express contingency, esp. in clauses indicating condition, concession, purpose, result, etc.): I may be wrong but I think you would be wise to go. Times may change but human nature stays the same. |
| 4. | (used to express wish or prayer): May you live to an old age. |
| 5. | Archaic. (used to express ability or power.) |
[mey] | a maiden. |
[mey] | 1. | the fifth month of the year, containing 31 days. |
| 2. | the early part of one's life, esp. the prime: a young woman in her May. |
| 3. | the festivities of May Day. |
| 4. | (lowercase) British. the hawthorn. |
| 5. | a female given name. |
| 6. | (lowercase) to gather flowers in the spring: when we were maying. |
[mey] | Cape, a cape at the SE tip of New Jersey, on Delaware Bay. |
| may 1 (mā) aux.v. Past tense might (mīt)
[Middle English, to be able, from Old English mæg, first and third person sing. of magan, to be strong, be able; see magh- in Indo-European roots.] |
| may 2 (mā) n. Chiefly British The blossoms of the hawthorn. [French mai, hawthorn, from Mai, May (so called because it blooms in May); see May.] |
| May (mā) n.
[Middle English, from Old French Mai, from Latin Māius (mēnsis), (the month) of Maia, from Māia, an Italic goddess; see meg- in Indo-European roots.] |
| May, Cape A peninsula of southern New Jersey between the Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay. The southern tip forms Cape May Point. |
may
see be that as it may; come what may; let the chips fall where they may; to whom it may concern.
May
fifth month of the Gregorian calendar. It was named after Maia, a Roman fertility goddess.
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