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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

Derived forms: mays, Mays, maying

Type of: Gregorian calendar month, haw, hawthorn

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

Encyclopedia: May, Charles Sedgwick May, California May, Henry May, Elizabeth May,2007 Karachi Riots May May, Asa, House May, 2001, British Columbia election May, Texas May, TX May, cyril May, West Virginia May, OK May, Idaho May, Sir Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Farnborough May, Oklahoma