grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: gräs
ipa: /ɡɹɑːs/
ipa: [ɡɹ̠ɑːs]
ipa: [ɡɹ̠äːs]
ipa: [ɡɹ̠ɐːs]
rhymes: -ɑːs
enpr: grăs
ipa: /ɡɹæs/
ipa: [ɡɹ̠æs]
ipa: [ɡɹ̠ɛəs]
ipa: [ɡɹ̠eəs]
ipa: [ɡɹ̠as]
ipa: [ɡɹ̠äs]
note: New York, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
ipa: [ɡɹ̠ɛəs]
rhymes: -æs
Forms: form: grasses
Etymology: From Middle English gras, from Old English græs, from Proto-Germanic *grasą (“grass”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots girs, gers, gress (“grass”), North Frisian gäärs, geers (“grass”), Saterland Frisian Gäärs (“grass”), West Frisian gers (“grass”), Low German Gras (“grass”), Dutch gras (“grass, turf, pasture”), German Gras (“grass, weed”), Danish græs (“grass”), Swedish gräs (“grass”), Norwegian Bokmål gress (“grass”), Faroese, Icelandic and Norwegian Nynorsk gras (“grass”), Latin herba (“plant, weed, grass”), Albanian grath (“grass blade, spike”). Related to grow, green.
The "informer" sense is probably a shortening of grasshopper (“police officer, informant”), rhyming slang for copper (“police officer”) or shopper (“informant”); the exact sequence of derivation is unclear.
Senses: examples: text: 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.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 90:3–6:
text: 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.
ref: a. 1823 (date written), Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Hymn of Pan”, in Mary W[ollstonecraft] Shelley, editor, Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley, London: […] [C. H. Reynell] for John and Henry L[eigh] Hunt, […], published 1824, →OCLC, page 169:
text: '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 where the shoal showed.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
glosses: 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.
glosses: Various plants not in family Poaceae that resemble grasses.
glosses: A lawn.
glosses: The outside world, especially in the phrase "touch grass".
examples: text: Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona / For some California grass
ref: 1970, Paul McCartney, “Get Back”, in Let It Be, performed by The Beatles:
synonyms: word: bhang
word: benj
word: boo
word: broccoli
word: bud
word: buddha
word: cannabis
word: cheeba
word: choof
word: daccha
word: dank
word: devil's lettuce
word: djamba
word: doja
word: doobage
word: dope
word: endo
word: gage
word: ganja
word: ganj
word: grass
word: green
word: greenery
word: hash
word: hashish
word: hemp
word: herb
word: Mary Jane
word: MJ
word: marihoochie
word: marijuana
word: Mary Joanna
word: method
word: mezz
word: muggle
word: mull
word: pot
word: puff
word: reefer
word: sens
word: sensimillia
word: sensimilla
word: shit
word: sweetleaf
word: tea
word: Texas tea
word: trees
word: twig
word: wacky tobaccy
word: weed
word: yarndie
word: zaza
word: zombie
glosses: Marijuana.
examples: text: What just happened must remain secret. Don't be a grass.
text: He was a grass and an arse lick and he didn't do it for him, he did it for his brother, because if Vaughan had hit him especially with his mallet, Mark was the kind of lowlife that would have pressed charges and then that's a whole different problem.
ref: 2007, Paul Knight, Coding of a Concrete Animal, page 215:
text: Another claimed a £10,000 bounty was put on his head as he was rumoured to be a “grass”.
ref: 2023 June 29, Metro, London, page 4, column 1:
synonyms: word: abaddon
word: accuser
word: beefer
word: bewrayer
word: bigmouth
word: blabber
word: blabtale
word: blabtongue
word: canary
word: CI
word: finger
word: fink
word: fizgig
word: gossip
word: grass
word: informant
word: informer
word: jurat
word: leak
word: mole
word: narc
word: nark
word: nonce
word: outer
word: peacher
word: quisling
word: rat
word: ratfink
word: rooster
word: sneak
word: snitch
word: snout
word: squealer
word: state's evidence
word: stooge
word: stool pigeon
word: stoolie
word: supergrass
word: sycophant
word: tattler
word: tattletale
word: telltale tit
word: telltale
word: tout
word: whistleblower
glosses: An informer, police informer; one who betrays a group (of criminals, etc) to the authorities.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Sharp, closely spaced discontinuities in the trace of a cathode-ray tube, produced by random interference.
examples: text: The problem in radar detection is to have a signal to noise ratio that will allow the echo to be seen through the grass on the radar screen. The use of a long pulse allows a greater average signal strength to be returned in the target echoes.
ref: 1960, Radarman 3 & 2, volume 1, United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel, page 49:
text: Some of the scattered waves can be picked up by the receiver and may show up as "grass" on the radar presentation. Weather radars make use of this phenomenon to chart the progress of storms.
ref: 1963, Analysis of Weapons, page 61:
glosses: Noise on an A-scope or similar type of radar display.
synonyms: breakup
spring
springtime
glosses: The season of fresh grass; spring or summer.
examples: text: The grasse withereth, the flowre fadeth; because the spirit of the Lord bloweth vpon it: surely the people is grasse.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 40:7:
synonyms: ephemera
glosses: That which is transitory.
examples: text: 'Have ready a hundred of ſmall graſs boiled, then ſave tops enough to ſtick the rolls with, the reſt cut ſmall and put into the cream, fill the loaves with them.'
ref: 1769, Hannah Glasse, The Art of Cookery made Plain and Easy, 9th edition, page 195:
qualifier: folk etymology
glosses: Asparagus; "sparrowgrass".
topics: business
mining
glosses: The surface of a mine.
Synonyms: word: grass
Hypernyms: word: plant
Hyponyms: word: cereal
word: wheat
word: barley
word: oat
word: brome-grass
word: reed-grass
word: bamboo
word: rice
word: wild rice
word: giant reed
word: common reed
word: lovegrass
word: dropseed
word: finger millet
word: muhly grass
word: panic grass
word: maize
word: sorghum
word: sugar cane
word: most millet
word: fonio
word: bluestem grass
word: pampas grass
word: bunchgrass
Derived terms: word: above grass
word: adder's grass
word: after-grass
word: aftergrass
word: Aleppo grass
word: alfa grass
word: alkali grass
word: all cows eat grass
word: Angleton grass
word: annual meadow grass
word: Antarctic hair grass
word: arrowgrass
word: ass in the grass
word: autograss
word: Bahama grass
word: bahia grass
word: bahiagrass
word: bamboo grass
word: barnyard grass
word: basketgrass
word: beachgrass
word: beardgrass
word: beargrass
word: beetle grass
word: bentgrass
word: bent grass
word: Bermuda grass
word: billion-dollar grass
word: bison grass
word: blackgrass
word: black oat grass
word: blade of grass
word: blind grass
word: blue-eyed grass
word: blue grass
word: bluegrass
word: bluejoint reed grass
word: bluestem grass
word: bristlegrass
word: broadleaf carpet grass
word: bromegrass
word: buffalo grass
word: bunch grass
word: bunchgrass
word: bunny grass
word: burgrass
word: bushman grass
word: button grass
word: California grass
word: canary grass
word: canegrass
word: carnation-grass
word: carpet grass
word: centipede grass
word: cheatgrass
word: cheat grass
word: China grass
word: Christmas grass
word: citronella grass
word: clover grass
word: clubgrass
word: cockatoo grass
word: cogon grass
word: cogongrass
word: congress grass
word: cordgrass
word: cottongrass
word: couch grass
word: couch-grass
word: cow's grass
word: crabgrass
word: crowngrass
word: cusa-grass
word: cusa grass
word: cutgrass
taxonomic: Austroderia spp.
word: cutty grass
word: daba grass
word: deergrass
word: deer's grass
word: devil grass
word: devil's-grass
word: diamond grass
word: dog grass
word: dog's-tail grass
word: dogtooth grass
word: doob grass
word: doub grass
word: Easter grass
word: eelgrass
word: Efwatakala grass
word: elephant grass
word: esparto grass
word: eyelash grass
word: feathergrass
word: feather grass
word: feather-grass
word: fever grass
word: finger grass
word: flyaway grass
word: fountaingrass
word: frass
word: gama grass
word: get to grass
word: goatgrass
word: go into the long grass
word: Good Friday grass
word: goosegrass
word: gordura grass
word: go to grass
word: gramagrass
word: grass assassin bug
word: grass bass
word: grass beef
word: grass-bird
taxonomic: Megalurus spp.
word: grassbird
word: grassbox
word: grass carp
word: grass catcher
word: grasscloth
word: grass cloth
word: grass-cock
word: grass-comber
word: grass court
word: grass crab spider
word: grass crown
word: grasscutter
word: grasscutting
word: grasscycle
word: grasscycling
word: grass dance
word: grass-dart
word: grass-eater
word: grasseater
word: grasseous
word: grasser
word: grass-fed
word: grassfield
word: grassfinch
word: grass fire
word: grassfire
word: grass frog
word: grass-green
word: grass-grown
word: grass grub
word: grass hand
word: grasshawk
word: grass hockey
word: grasshook
word: grasshopper
word: grass jelly
word: grass knot
word: grassland
word: grassless
word: grasslike
word: grassling
word: grass moon
word: grass moth
word: grass mud horse
word: grass of Parnassus
word: grass oil
word: grassoline
word: grass on
word: grass parrot
word: grass-pea
word: grass pea
word: grass pink
word: grassplat
word: grass plot
word: grassplot
word: grass plover
word: grassquit
word: grass rake
word: grass rat
word: grassroot
word: grass-rooted
word: grassroots
word: grass roots
word: grass-roots
word: grass script
word: grass seed
word: grass shrimp
word: grass sickness
word: grass-skipper
word: grass skirt
word: grass snake
word: grass staggers
word: grass tetany
word: grass time
word: grass top
word: grass-tops
word: grass tops
word: grass trap
word: grass tree
word: grassture
word: grass up
word: grass warbler
word: grassweed
word: grass widow
word: grass-widowed
word: grass widower
word: grass widowhood
word: grasswork
word: grasswren
word: grassy
word: grass-yellow
word: greasegrass
word: green as grass
word: Guatemala grass
word: Guinea grass
word: hairgrass
word: hair grass
word: halfa grass
word: hardgrass
word: Harding grass
word: hariali grass
word: haver-grass
word: heartbreak grass
word: hear the grass grow
word: herds-grass
word: hippo grass
word: hit into the long grass
word: hog grass
word: holy grass
word: honey grass
word: Japanese pampas grass
word: Johnson grass
word: Junegrass
word: kangaroo grass
word: kans grass
word: kick into the long grass
word: Kikuyu grass
word: kikuyu grass
word: knotgrass
word: kuskus grass
word: lawngrass
word: lemongrass
word: let the grass grow round one's feet
word: let the grass grow under one's feet
word: little bluestem grass
word: longgrass
word: love grass
word: lyme grass
word: maiden grass
word: Manila grass
word: mannagrass
word: Mardi Grass
word: marram grass
word: marsh grass
word: marvel grass
word: matgrass
word: meadow grass
word: meadow grass dermatitis
word: Means grass
word: Merlin's grass
word: Mexican feather grass
word: midge grass
word: midgrass
word: Mitchell grass
word: molasses grass
word: monkey grass
word: moor grass
word: much grass
word: muraina grass
word: muttongrass
word: Nairobi grass rat
word: nanograss
word: Napier grass
word: needle-and-thread grass
word: needlegrass
word: Neptune grass
word: nipa grass
word: nitgrass
word: nongrass
word: nutgrass
word: nut-grass
word: oatgrass
word: oat grass
word: one's ass is grass
word: onion grass
word: orchard grass
word: orchardgrass
word: oyster grass
word: paddle grass
word: painted grass
word: palm grass
word: pampas grass
word: pangola grass
word: Pará grass
word: Para grass
word: para grass
word: pearl grass
word: penny grass
word: penny-grass
word: peppergrass
word: pigeongrass
word: pineapple grass
word: pinegrass
word: pin grass
word: pinhole grass
word: plume grass
word: porcupine grass
word: poverty grass
word: pudding grass
word: punt into the long grass
word: purple three-awn grass
word: push into the long grass
word: put out to grass
word: quack grass
word: quack-grass
word: quackgrass
word: quake grass
word: quaking grass
word: quitch grass
word: quitchgrass
word: Randall grass
word: rattlesnake grass
word: Ravenna grass
word: ray grass
word: razor grass
word: redhead grass
word: redtop grass
word: reedgrass
word: regrass
word: rescue grass
word: Rhodes grass
word: ribbongrass
word: ribgrass
word: ricegrass
word: ripgut grass
word: robin-run-in-the-grass
word: rope grass
word: rosha grass
word: rye-grass
word: rye grass
word: ryegrass
word: salt grass
word: saltgrass
word: sawgrass
word: saw-grass
word: saw grass
word: scented grass
word: scorpion grass
word: scratchgrass
word: scrubgrass
word: scurvy-grass
word: scurvy grass
word: scutch grass
word: sea couch grass
word: seagrass
word: sedge grass
word: serpent-grass
word: shadow grass
word: shavegrass
word: shaving-grass
word: sheda grass
word: shoal grass
word: shortgrass
word: silkgrass
word: slough grass
word: smutgrass
word: snake-grass
word: snake in the grass
word: snowgrass
word: sourgrass
word: sour grass
word: Spanish grass
word: sparrow-grass
word: sparrow grass
word: spear grass
word: speargrass
word: spikegrass
word: spotless grass yellow
word: squirrel grass
word: squitch grass
word: star grass
word: sticker grass
taxonomic: Microstegium vimineum
word: stiltgrass
word: sudangrass
word: sugar grass
word: supergrass
word: susuki grass
word: sweetgrass
word: Sweet Grass County
word: sweet vernal grass
word: switchgrass
word: switch grass
word: sword grass
word: swordgrass
word: tallgrass
word: tapegrass
word: Tasmanian grass grub
word: thatching grass
word: the grass is always greener
word: the grass is always greener on the other side
word: the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
word: the grass is always greener on the other side of the road
word: ticklegrass
word: tiger grass
word: tinker tailor grass
word: toad-grass
word: toothache grass
word: tottergrass
word: touch grass
word: touch some grass
word: turfgrass
word: tussac grass. tussock grass
word: twitch grass
word: Uganda grass
word: umbrella grass
word: Vasey grass
word: Vasey's grass
word: velvetgrass
word: vernalgrass
word: vernal grass
word: wallaby grass
word: watch grass grow
word: watergrass
word: wheatgrass
word: whiskey grass
word: whitlow grass
word: widgeon grass
word: wind-grass
word: windmill grass
word: wiregrass
word: witchgrass
english: Panicum spp; Elymus repens
translation: Panicum spp; Elymus repens
word: witch grass
word: woolgrass
word: wormgrass
word: yardgrass
word: yellow bristle grass
word: yellow-eyed grass
word: zoysiagrass
Related terms: word: Poaceae
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