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grass
1[gras, grahs]
noun
any plant of the family Gramineae, having jointed stems, sheathing leaves, and seedlike grains.
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, g
noun
üԳٱ (Wilhelm) 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
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
slanga person who informs, esp on criminals
short for sparrowgrass
informalan exclamation of disbelief
to squander time or opportunity
to retire (a racehorse)
informalto 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
slangto inform, esp to the police
Grass
2/ ɡ /
noun
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.
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Other 51Թ Forms
- grassless adjective
- grasslike adjective
- grassward adverb
- grasswards adverb
- undergrass noun
- ungrassed adjective
- ˈ adjective
- ˈˌ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ 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.
Example Sentences
With plenty of grass, trees, dirt and hints of scatological delights in the air, they were in dog paradise.
"Now I want to look at every blade of grass, you want to know everything about everything. It's a journey not a destination."
Israelis have a brutal phrase for this strategy; they call it "mowing the grass".
Leclerc tried to cut across the grass after locking his brakes on the entry to the difficult right-left chicane but collected a barrier and destroyed the left-hand side of his car.
There was reason for Raducanu to be confident against Zheng, who is still finding her feet on the grass court and has a serve that can waver when under pressure.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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