grass

UK /ɡɹɑːs/ US [ɡɹ̠äːs]

noun 5verb 5name 3

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

QUANT

blade

The lawn was so overgrown that individual blades of grass were impossible to see.

clump, tuft

The lawn was bare except for a few tufts of grass near the fence.

VERB + GRASS

eat | cut, mow | sow

GRASS + VERB

grow

GRASS + NOUN

clippings, cuttings | seed

verge

The children played football on the grass verge near their house.

PREP

across the ~

The children ran across the grass to reach the playground on the other side.

in the ~

The children were playing in the grass while their parents watched from the porch.

on the ~

The children played happily on the grass while their parents watched from nearby benches.

through the ~

The children walked through the grass looking for wildflowers in the meadow.

Definitions

noun

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.

Thou turnest man to destruction: and sayest, Returne yee children of men. / For a thousand yeeres in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past: and as a watch in the night. / Thou carriest them away as with a flood, they are as a sleepe: in the morning they are like grasse which groweth vp. / In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth vp: in the euening it is cut downe, and withereth.

The cicale above in the lime, / And the lizards below in the grass, / Were as silent as ever old Tmolus was, / Listening to my sweet pipings.

Any of the various plants that are not in the family Poaceae that resemble grasses.

A lawn.

The outside world, especially in the phrase "touch grass".

Marijuana.

Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona / For some California grass

verb

To lay out on the grass; to knock down (an opponent etc.).

The Chicken himself attributed this punishment to his having had the misfortune to get into Chancery early in the proceedings, when he was severely fibbed by the Larkey one, and heavily grassed.

He flew at me with his knife, and I had to grass him twice, and got a cut over the knuckles, before I had the upper hand of him.

To act as a grass or informer, to betray; to report on (criminals etc) to the authorities.

"Grassed on me he did," I said morosely. (Note: Grass is English thief slang for inform.)^([sic])

"I'm dressed as a woman, but I am still technically a man. I believe that to comply with the law of the land I ought to continue to use the Gents', but in order not to look out place I intend to use the Ladies' from now on. I trust none of you will grass on me..."

To cover with grass or with turf.

To feed with grass.

To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc.

name

A group of languages spoken in Papua New Guinea.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — street names for marijuana

noun — bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses

noun — a police informer who implicates many people

supergrass

verb — give away information about somebody

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

the grass is always greener on the other side

The circumstances of others seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.

the grass is always greener

Alternative form of the grass is always greener on the other side.

the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

Alternative form of the grass is always greener on the other side.

hear the grass grow

To have an extremely sensitive sense of hearing.

1855, Thomas Bulfinch, Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable, ch. 31 "Northern Mythology", Heimdall is the watchman of the gods. . . . So acute is his ear that no sound escapes hi

grass tops

Of, related to, or involving local influential figures.

Along with the ads, industry worked to mobilize local politicians and business executives in what business groups called a "grass tops" campaign.

Example Bank

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The cicale above in the lime, / And the lizards below in the grass, / Were as silent as ever old Tmolus was, / Listening to my sweet pipings.

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'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks whe

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The Chicken himself attributed this punishment to his having had the misfortune to get into Chancery early in the proceedings, when he was severely fibbed by the Larkey one, and heavily grassed.

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He flew at me with his knife, and I had to grass him twice, and got a cut over the knuckles, before I had the upper hand of him.

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"Grassed on me he did," I said morosely. (Note: Grass is English thief slang for inform.)^([sic])

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Usage Notes

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