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grass

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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.

  

  

  

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verb (used with object)

to cover with grass or turf.

  

to feed with growing grass; pasture.

  

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verb (used without object)

to feed on growing grass; graze.

  

to produce grass; become covered with grass.

  

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IDIOMS ABOUT GRASS

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.

  

ORIGIN OF GRASS

1

before 900; Middle English gras,Old English græs; cognate with Dutch, German, Old Norse, Gothic gras; akin to grow, green

OTHER WORDS FROM GRASS

grassless, adjective

grasslike, adjective

grassward, grasswards, adverb, adjective

un·der·grass, noun

un·grassed, adjective

WORDS NEARBY GRASS

Grasmeregraspgrasp at strawsgrasp (clutch) at strawsgraspinggrassgrass boxgrass carpgrass clothgrass courtgrasscutter

OTHER DEFINITIONS FOR GRASS (2 OF 2)

Grass

[ grahs; German grahs ]SHOW IPA

  

noun

Gün·ter (Wil·helm)  [goon-ter wil-helm; German gyn-tuhr-vil-helm], 1927–2015, German novelist, poet, and playwright.

  

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WORDS RELATED TO GRASS

barleyhaymeadowpasturesodturfgramaverdure

HOW TO USE GRASS IN A SENTENCE

They’ve even swapped out rubber mats for artificial grass and managed to have enough space to properly separate stations for social distancing.

  

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Remnants of the oldest known grass bedding, discovered in South Africa’s Border Cave, lay on the ashes of previously burned bedding, say archaeologist Lyn Wadley of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and her colleagues.

  

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At the same time, he says, mussels provide nutrients that help the grasses grow.

  

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We sit with her apart from one another in the grass of her apartment complex.

  

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Prairies make a good place to live because they’ve got lots of soil, which the grass keeps from washing away.

  

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BRITISH DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS FOR GRASS (1 OF 2)

grass

/ (ɡrɑːs) /

  

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: Related adjectives: gramineous, verdant

  

  

  

  

  

  

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verb

to cover or become covered with grass

  

to feed or be fed with grass

  

  

  

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ORIGIN OF GRASS

1

Old English græs; related to Old Norse, Gothic, Old High German gras, Middle High German gruose sap

See also grass up

DERIVED FORMS OF GRASS

grassless, adjective

grasslike, adjective

BRITISH DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS FOR GRASS (2 OF 2)

Grass

/ (German ɡras) /

  

noun

Günter (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

  

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SCIENTIFIC DEFINITIONS FOR GRASS

grass

[ grăs ]

  

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.

  

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OTHER IDIOMS AND PHRASES WITH GRASS

grass

In addition to the idioms beginning with grass

  

grass is always greener on the other side, the

grass widow

  

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