A Quick and Simple Dictionary

May

1. Proper noun.  The fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, following April and preceding June.
2. Proper noun.  The hawthorn or its blossoms (as it blooms in May).
3. Proper noun.  (given name, female) , pet name for Mary and Margaret, reinforced by the month and plant meaning.
4. Proper noun.  (surname, from Middle English) .
5. Verb.  (obsolete, intransitive) To be strong; to have power (over). (defdate, 8th-17th c.) .
6. Verb.  (obsolete, auxiliary) To be able; can. (defdate, 8th-17th c.) .
7. Verb.  (intransitive, poetic) To be able to go. (defdate, from 9th c.) .
8. Verb.  (context, modal auxiliary verb) To have permission to, be allowed. Used in granting permission and in questions to make polite requests. (defdate, from 9th c.) .
9. Verb.  (context, modal auxiliary verb) Expressing a present possibility; possibly. (defdate, from 13th c.) .
10. Verb.  (context, subjunctive present) Expressing a wish (with present subjunctive effect). (defdate, from 16th c.) .
11. Noun.  The hawthorn bush or its blossoms.
12. Verb.  To gather may.