often attributive
1
: herbage suitable or used for grazing animals
2
: any of a large family (Gramineae synonym Poaceae) of monocotyledonous mostly herbaceous plants with jointed stems, slender sheathing leaves, and flowers borne in spikelets of bracts
3
: land (such as a lawn or a turf racetrack) covered with growing grass
keep off the grass
the horse had never won on grass
4
grasses plural
: leaves or plants of grass
5
: a state or place of retirement
put out to grass
6
[short for grasshopper, rhyming slang for copper] British slang
: a police informer
7
: electronic noise on a radarscope that takes the form of vertical lines resembling lawn grass
8
grassed; grassing; grasses
1
: to feed (livestock) on grass sometimes without grain or other concentrates
2
: to cover with grass
especially
: to seed to grass
Synonyms
Examples of grass in a Sentence
Noun
They were smoking some grass.
Verb
that bloke would grass on his own mater to save himself
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Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
According to the memo, first responders found a woman lying in the grass in Washington Park.
—Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 21 Nov. 2024
Joe Arterburn, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
During the Clearances, thousands of peasant farmers were evicted to make way for industrial-scale sheep farming, their fields grassed, and woods razed for pasture.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
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Noun
The video then shows the man driving onto the grass toward the group of teenagers, the affidavit said.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
According to the memo, first responders found a woman lying in the grass in Washington Park.
—Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 21 Nov. 2024
Verb
Zink takes the time to camouflage, paying attention to every detail, grassing the chicken-wire frame of his boat blind with natural vegetation.
—Joe Arterburn, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
During the Clearances, thousands of peasant farmers were evicted to make way for industrial-scale sheep farming, their fields grassed, and woods razed for pasture.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Grass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grass. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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grass
1 of 2 noun1
: herbs suitable for or eaten by grazing animals
2
: any of a large family of green plants (as wheat, corn, bamboo, or sugarcane) with jointed usually hollow stems, long slender leaves, and small dry one-seeded fruits often in groups
3
: grass-covered land
especially
: lawn entry 2
4
grassy
adjective
ˈgras-ē
grass
2 of 2 verb1
: to seed with grass
2
: to provide (as cattle) with grass for food
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