May
After April comes
May is the fifth month of the year, associated with spring flowers and warming weather in the Northern Hemisphere.
April showers bring May flowers.
May Day (May 1) celebrates spring or labor.
May is also a given name, sometimes short for Mary or Margaret, and a surname. (Lowercase may is the verb expressing possibility or permission.)
Recoiling metal spiral
- AprilYear's fourth month
- JuneSixth calendar month
- calendarDate-tracking system
- thirty-oneNumber following thirty
days · Taurus · Gemini · zodiac · Cinco de Mayo · Memorial Day · Mother's Day · Beltane
Thorny berry-bearing shrub
- blossomFlower on fruit tree
- hedgerowLinear shrub boundary
- white flowersLight-hued botanical blooms
- thornyHaving sharp protrusions
shrub · spring bloom · Pilgrims · Plymouth · ship · colonial
Personal name from birth
spring
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thirty-one · days · Taurus · Gemini · zodiac · Cinco de Mayo · Memorial Day · Mother's Day · Beltane · mid-spring
hawthorn
Thorny berry-bearing shrub
- blossomFlower on fruit tree
- hedgerowLinear shrub boundary
- white flowersLight-hued botanical blooms
thorny · shrub · spring bloom · Pilgrims · Plymouth · ship · colonial
given name
Personal name from birth
- SpringApril, spring equinox, spring flowers, cherry blossoms, springtime renewal
- timesecond, minute, hour, day, seconds
- Calendar Wordsmonths, days, weeks, seasons, weekdays
- calendarscalendar, calendar day, calendar year, calendar month, lunar calendar
- monthsJanuary, February, March, April, June
- time periodsday, year, month, week, hour
- may as wellNo downside to proceeding
- may IPermission-seeking phrase
- come what mayDespite any consequences
- Theresa MayBritish leader 2016-2019
- may beExpression of uncertainty
- Aunt May