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grass
1[ gras, grahs ]
noun
- any plant of the family Gramineae, having jointed stems, sheathing leaves, and seedlike grains. Compare grass family.
- such plants collectively, as when cultivated in lawns or used as pasture for grazing animals or cut and dried as hay.
- the grass-covered ground.
- pasture:
Half the farm is grass.
- Slang. marijuana.
- grasses, stalks or sprays of grass:
filled with dried grasses.
- the season of the new growth of grass.
verb (used with object)
- to cover with grass or turf.
- to feed with growing grass; pasture.
- to lay (something) on the grass, as for the purpose of bleaching.
verb (used without object)
- to feed on growing grass; graze.
- to produce grass; become covered with grass.
Grass
2[ grahs; German grahs ]
noun
- Gün·ter (Wil·helm) [goon, -ter , wil, -helm, gyn, -t, uh, r, , vil, -helm], 1927–2015, German novelist, poet, and playwright.
grass
1/ ɡɑː /
noun
- any monocotyledonous plant of the family Poaceae (formerly Gramineae ), having jointed stems sheathed by long narrow leaves, flowers in spikes, and seedlike fruits. The family includes cereals, bamboo, etc
- such plants collectively, in a lawn, meadow, etc gramineousverdant
- any similar plant, such as knotgrass, deergrass, or scurvy grass
- ground on which such plants grow; a lawn, field, etc
- ground on which animals are grazed; pasture
- a slang word for marijuana
- slang.a person who informs, esp on criminals
- short for sparrowgrass
- get off the grass informal.an exclamation of disbelief
- let the grass grow under one's feetto squander time or opportunity
- put out to grass
- to retire (a racehorse)
- to retire (a person)
verb
- to cover or become covered with grass
- to feed or be fed with grass
- tr to spread (cloth) out on grass for drying or bleaching in the sun
- tr sport to knock or bring down (an opponent)
- tr to shoot down (a bird)
- tr to land (a fish) on a river bank
- slang.intrusually foll byon to inform, esp to the police
Grass
2/ ɡ /
noun
- GrassüԳٱ (Wilhelm)1927MGermanWRITING: novelistTHEATRE: dramatistWRITING: poet üԳٱ ( Wilhelm ) (ˈɡyntər). born 1927, German novelist, dramatist, and poet. His novels include The Tin Drum (1959), Dog Years (1963), The Rat (1986), Crabwalk (2002), and Peeling the Onion (2007). Nobel prize for literature 1999
grass
- Any of a large family ( Gramineae or Poaceae ) of monocotyledonous plants having narrow leaves, hollow stems, and clusters of very small, usually wind-pollinated flowers. Grasses include many varieties of plants grown for food, fodder, and ground cover. Wheat, maize, sugar cane, and bamboo are grasses.
- See more at leaf
Derived Forms
- ˈ, adjective
- ˈˌ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- l adjective
- l adjective
- w ws adverb adjective
- ܲd· noun
- ܲ· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of grass1
Idioms and Phrases
- go to grass, to retire from one's occupation or profession:
Many executives lack a sense of purpose after they have gone to grass.
- let the grass grow under one's feet, to delay action, progress, etc.; become slack in one's efforts.
More idioms and phrases containing grass
- don't let the grass grow under one's feet
- put out to grass
- snake in the grass
Example Sentences
Earlier this month conservationists warned that some of the UK's rarest wildlife is being "torched alive" and pushed closer to extinction after weeks of intense grass fires.
Pedro Pascal counts himself among the number who wish the "Harry Potter" author would leave her moldy house and touch grass.
Bosses also debated ways to minimise the risk of grass fires, such as those that led to a series of red flags during practice at the Japanese Grand Prix last month.
Matches will take place on a grass pitch which is half the size of a typical 11-a-side pitch.
He first noticed a "really big, long crack where the grass had pulled away and the ground had dropped about six inches" while walking his dogs in the area on Thursday.
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