Words that rhyme with -ay

Dis forDisobey

You disobey when you deliberately don't do what you are told. The photo is of someone parking in front of a no parking sign, and some rubbish dumped in front of a no dumping sign. The opposite of disobey is obey.

Verbs

Eden, Janine and Jim / CC BY-SA

Eis forEspalier

Espalier is a pruning technique that shapes plants into a flat growth pattern, usually against a wall or fence. Espaliered trees take up a lot less space than trees left to grow naturally, so it is a popular technique in small gardens.

Gardening

Nic McPhee / CC BY-SA

Eis forEssay

An essay is short piece of writing on a subject.

Texts

An engaged couple call one another fiance.

Jim Bauer / CC BY-SA

Fis forFiance

Fiance is a word used to describe someone you're engaged to marry. Fiance is the step above boyfriend or girlfriend and below husband or wife.

Family

Sean Winters / CC BY-SA

Fis forFray

Fabric frays when it starts to come undone, and starts to turn back into the individual strands it was made from. A fray is also a battle or fight, and is often used as a turn of phrase when you are about to go into the middle of some activity, eg "he stepped into the fray".

Sewing

Prayitno / CC BY-SA

Fis forFreeway

A freeway is a very large road that can fit a lot of cars on it at the same time. Freeways are meant to be driven on quite fast.

Automotive, Paths

UggBoy?UggGirl / CC BY-SA

Fis forFriday

Friday is the fifth day of the week. For most people, it is the last day of the working week. The day before Friday is Thursday and the day after Friday is Saturday.

Days

Javier Lastras / CC BY-SA

Gis forGourmet

Gourmet describes exceptionally good food that requires a lot of skill and preparation to make. Fancy restuarants serve gourmet food.

Food, Adjectives

Sarah Jones / CC BY-SA

Gis forGrey

Grey (also spelt gray) is the colour of weathered rocks and concrete paths. The colour grey can be made by mixing black and white paint. The cat in the picture is grey.

Colors