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grass
/ɡɹæs/
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What does grass mean?
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.
- Any of the various plants that are not in the family Poaceae that resemble grasses.
- A lawn.
More meanings (18)
noun
- The outside world, especially in the phrase "touch grass".
- (slang) Marijuana.
- (slang) An informer; snitch, police informer; one who betrays a group (of criminals, etc) to the authorities.
- Sharp, closely spaced discontinuities in the trace of a cathode-ray tube, produced by random interference.
- (slang) Noise on an A-scope or similar type of radar display.
- The season of fresh grass; spring or summer.
- Asparagus; "sparrowgrass".
- The surface of a mine.
- (figuratively, obsolete) That which is transitory.
verb
- To lay out on the grass; to knock down (an opponent etc.).
- (slang) To act as a grass or informer, to betray; to report on (criminals etc) to the authorities.
- To cover with grass or with turf.
- To feed with grass.
- To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc.
- To bring to the grass or ground; to land.
proper noun
- A group of languages spoken in Papua New Guinea.
- A surname.
- A township in Spencer County, Indiana, United States, named after pioneer settler Daniel Grass.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɡɹæs/
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He saw few fugitives until, in a grass lane towards High Barnet, he happened upon two ladies who became his fellow travellers.
Then the boy stretched himself upon the grass beside the Pumpkinhead, and being greatly wearied by the journey was soon fast asleep.
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There were the relics of a wood-pile, indeed, near the door, but with grass sprouting up among the chips and scattered logs.
When it became noon, and the sun rose higher, I lay down on the grass and was overpowered by a deep sleep.
Before us was a great excavation, not very recent, for the sides had fallen in and grass had sprouted on the bottom.