grass
See also: Grass
grass - English
Noun
grass (countable and uncountable, plural grasses)
- (countable, uncountable) Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.
- Synonyms: see grass
- (countable) Various plants not in family Poaceae that resemble grasses.
- (uncountable) A lawn.
- (uncountable, slang) Marijuana.
- Synonyms: see marijuana
- (countable, Britain, slang) An informer, police informer; one who betrays a group (of criminals, etc) to the authorities.
- Synonyms: see informant
- What just happened must remain secret. Don't be a grass.
- (uncountable, physics) Sharp, closely spaced discontinuities in the trace of a cathode-ray tube, produced by random interference.
- (uncountable, slang) Noise on an A-scope or similar type of radar display.
- The season of fresh grass; spring or summer.
- Synonyms: breakup, spring, springtime
- (obsolete, figurative) That which is transitory.
- Synonym: ephemera
- (countable, folk etymology) Asparagus; "sparrowgrass".
- (mining) The surface of a mine.
Derived terms
Terms derived from grass (noun)
- adder's grass
- after-grass
- Aleppo grass
- alkali grass
- annual meadow grass
- Antarctic hair grass
- bahia grass
- bamboo grass
- beachgrass
- bentgrass, bent grass
- Bermuda grass
- bison grass
- black oat grass
- blade of grass
- blind grass
- blue-eyed grass
- blue grass
- bluegrass
- bluejoint reed grass
- bluestem grass
- broadleaf carpet grass
- buffalo grass
- bunny grass
- bushman grass
- button grass
- California grass
- canary grass
- carnation-grass
- carpet grass
- centipede grass
- cheat grass
- China grass
- citronella grass
- clover grass
- cockatoo grass
- cogon grass
- couch-grass
- couch grass
- cusa-grass
- cusa grass
- cutty grass
- daba grass
- daggerblade grass shrimp
- deergrass
- deer's grass
- devil grass
- diamond grass
- dog grass
- dog's-tail grass
- dogtooth grass
- doob grass
- doub grass
- Easter grass
- elephant grass
- feather-grass
- finger grass
- flyaway grass
- gama grass
- get to grass
- goatgrass
- goosegrass
- goosegrass
- go to grass
- grass-comber
- grass-dart
- grass-eater
- grass-green
- grass-grown
- grass-pea
- grass-roots
- grass-skipper
- grass-tops
- grass-yellow
- grass assassin bug
- grass bass
- grassbird
- grassbox
- grass carp
- grass catcher
- grass court
- grass crab spider
- grasscutting
- grasscycle
- grass dance
- grasseater
- grassfinch
- grass fire, grassfire
- grass frog
- grass grub
- grass hand
- grass hockey
- grasshook
- grasshopper
- grass jelly
- grassland
- grassless
- grasslike
- grass mud horse
- grass of Parnassus
- grass oil
- grass on
- grass pea
- grass pink
- grassplot
- grass rake
- grass rat
- grass roots
- grass script
- grass sickness
- grass skirt
- grass snake
- grass staggers
- grass top
- grass tops
- grass trap
- grass tree
- grass up
- grass warbler
- grass widow
- grass widower
- grass widowhood
- grasswren
- grassy
- Guatemala grass
- Guinea grass
- hair grass
- halfa grass
- hariali grass
- heartbreak grass
- hear the grass grow
- herds-grass
- hippo grass
- holy grass
- Johnson grass
- kangaroo grass
- kans grass
- kick into the long grass
- Kikuyu grass
- kuskus grass
- lemongrass
- let the grass grow round one's feet
- let the grass grow under one's feet
- little bluestem grass
- love grass
- lyme grass
- maiden grass
- Manila grass
- marram grass
- marsh grass
- meadow grass
- meadow grass dermatitis
- Means grass
- Merlin's grass
- midge grass
- molasses grass
- monkey grass
- much grass
- muttongrass
- Napier grass
- needle-and-thread grass
- Neptune grass
- nipa grass
- nut-grass
- oat grass
- one's ass is grass
- onion grass
- orchard grass
- painted grass
- pampas grass
- para grass
- Pará grass
- Para grass
- pearl grass
- penny-grass
- penny grass
- pinegrass
- pin grass
- plume grass
- porcupine grass
- poverty grass
- pudding grass
- punt into the long grass
- push into the long grass
- put out to grass
- quack-grass
- quack grass
- quackgrass
- quaking grass
- Randall grass
- rattlesnake grass
- Ravenna grass
- ray grass
- razor grass
- redtop grass
- rescue grass
- ripgut grass
- rosha grass
- ryegrass
- saw-grass
- saw grass
- scorpion grass
- scurvy-grass
- scurvy grass
- scutch grass
- sedge grass
- serpent-grass
- smutgrass
- snake-grass
- snake in the grass
- sour grass
- Spanish grass
- sparrow-grass
- sparrow grass
- spear grass, speargrass
- spotless grass yellow
- squirrel grass
- squitch grass
- star grass
- sticker grass
- sugar grass
- supergrass
- susuki grass
- sweetgrass
- Sweet Grass County
- sweet vernal grass
- switch grass
- switchgrass
- sword grass
- Tasmanian grass grub
- the grass is always greener
- the grass is always greener on the other side
- the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
- tiger grass
- toad-grass
- touch grass
- touch some grass
- tussac grass
- tussock grass
- Uganda grass
- umbrella grass
- Vasey grass
- Vasey's grass
- widgeon grass
- wind-grass
- wiregrass
- witch grass
- witchgrass
- yardgrass
- yellow-eyed grass
- yellow bristle grass
Descendants
Translations
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Verb
grass (third-person singular simple present grasses, present participle grassing, simple past and past participle grassed)
- (transitive) To lay out on the grass; to knock down (an opponent etc.).
- Synonyms: flatten, floor, lay low, lay out, knock down, knock out, knock over, strike down
- (transitive or intransitive, slang) To act as a grass or informer, to betray; to report on (criminals etc) to the authorities.
- Synonyms: see rat out
- (transitive) To cover with grass or with turf.
- (transitive) To feed with grass.
- (transitive) To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc.
- (transitive) To bring to the grass or ground; to land.
Translations
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grass - Cimbrian
Alternative forms
- gras (Sette Comuni)
Noun
grass m
- (Luserna, Tredici Comuni) grass
grass - Lombard
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɡras/
- IPA: [ɡras] (Eastern, Western)
- IPA: [ɡraʰ] (Brescian, Bergamasque)
Adjective
grass m (masculine plural grass, feminine singular grassa, feminine plural grasse)
Noun
grass
grass - Romansch
Noun
grass m