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1. Expresses possibility
   "it may rain"
   - might
    
2. Expresses permission
   "you may go now"
    
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, Elizabeth May, Henry May May,2007 Karachi Riots May, 2001, British Columbia election May, TX May, Texas May, cyril May, OK May, Oklahoma May, Sir Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Farnborough