grass

grass

 (grăs)

n.

1.

a. A member of the grass family.

b. The members of the grass family considered as a group.

2. Any of various plants having slender leaves similar to those of a grass.

3. Ground, as on a lawn, that is covered with grass or similar plants.

4. Grazing land; pasture.

5. Slang Marijuana.

6. Electronics Small variations in amplitude of an oscilloscope display caused by electrical noise.

7. Chiefly British Slang An informer.

v. grassed, grass·ing, grass·es

v.tr.

1.

a. To cover with grass.

b. To grow grass on.

2. To feed (livestock) with grass.

v.intr.

1. To become covered with grass.

2. To graze.

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[Middle English gras, from Old English græs; see ghrē- in Indo-European roots.]

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grass

(ɡrɑːs)

n

1. (Plants) 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

2. (Plants) such plants collectively, in a lawn, meadow, etc.

3. (Plants) any similar plant, such as knotgrass, deergrass, or scurvy grass

4. (Botany) ground on which such plants grow; a lawn, field, etc

5. (Agriculture) ground on which animals are grazed; pasture

6. (Plants) a slang word for marijuana

7. slang Brit a person who informs, esp on criminals

8. (Plants) short for sparrowgrass

9. get off the grass informal NZ an exclamation of disbelief

10. let the grass grow under one's feet to squander time or opportunity

11. (Horse Racing) to retire (a racehorse)

12. informal to retire (a person)

vb

13. to cover or become covered with grass

14. to feed or be fed with grass

15. (Textiles) (tr) to spread (cloth) out on grass for drying or bleaching in the sun

16. (Individual Sports, other than specified) (tr) sport to knock or bring down (an opponent)

17. (Shooting) (tr) to shoot down (a bird)

18. (Angling) (tr) to land (a fish) on a river bank

19. slang (usually foll by: on) Brit to inform, esp to the police

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

ˈgrassless adj

ˈgrassˌlike adj

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Grass

(German ɡras)

n

(Biography) 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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grass

(græs, grɑs)

n.

1. any of various plants that have jointed stems and bladelike leaves and are cultivated for lawns, used as pasture, or cut for hay.

2. such plants collectively.

3. any of numerous related plants.

4. grass-covered ground: a picnic on the grass.

5. Slang. marijuana.

6. grasses, stalks or sprays of grass.

v.t.

7. to cover with grass or turf.

8. to feed with growing grass; pasture.

v.i.

9. to produce grass; become covered with grass.

Idioms:

let the grass grow under one's feet, to delay action.

[before 900; Old English græs, c. Old High German, Old Norse, Gothic gras; akin to grow, green]

Grass

(grɑs)

n.

Günter (Wilhelm), born 1927, German author: Nobel prize 1999.

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grass

(grăs)

Any of various plants having narrow leaves, hollow stems, and clusters of very small flowers. Grasses include many varieties of plants used for food and fodder and grown as lawns. Wheat, corn, sugar cane, and bamboo are grasses. See more at leaf.

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grass

Past participle: grassed
Gerund: grassing

Imperative

grass

grass

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	grass - narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay graminaceous plant, gramineous plant - cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves beach grass - tough grasses with strong roots that can grow on exposed sandy shores bunch grass, bunchgrass - any of various grasses of many genera that grow in tufts or clumps rather than forming a sod or mat; chiefly of western United States midgrass - any of various grasses of moderate height which covered the undisturbed prairie in the United States; includes most of the forage grasses of the temperate zone shortgrass, short-grass - any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions; common on the dry upland plains just east of the Rocky Mountains sword grass - any of various grasses or sedges having sword-shaped leaves with sharp edges tallgrass, tall-grass - any of various grasses that are tall and that flourish with abundant moisture lemon grass, lemongrass - a tropical grass native to India and Sri Lanka Aegilops triuncalis, goat grass - European grass naturalized as a weed in North America; sharp-pointed seeds cause injury when eaten by livestock wheatgrass, wheat-grass - a grass of the genus Agropyron bent grass, bent-grass, bent - grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens broom grass - any of several grasses of the genus Andropogon; used in broom making Arrhenatherum elatius, evergreen grass, false oat, French rye, tall meadow grass, tall oat grass - coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat; found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows; introduced in North America for forage brome, bromegrass - any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions grama, grama grass, gramma, gramma grass - pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America Buchloe dactyloides, buffalo grass - short grass growing on dry plains of central United States (where buffalo roam) reed grass - any of various tall perennial grasses of the genus Calamagrostis having feathery plumes; natives of marshland fens and wet woodlands of temperate northern hemisphere bur grass, burgrass - a grass of the genus Cenchrus Cenchrus tribuloides, field sandbur, sandbur, sandspur - grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs finger grass - any grass of the genus Chloris; occurs in short grassland especially on waste ground or poor soils Cortaderia selloana, pampas grass - tall perennial grass of pampas of South America having silvery plumes and growing in large dense clumps Arundo richardii, Cortaderia richardii, plumed tussock, toe toe, toetoe - tall grass of New Zealand grown for plumelike flower heads Bahama grass, Bermuda grass, Cynodon dactylon, devil grass, doob, kweek, scutch grass, star grass - trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India Cynodon plectostachyum, giant star grass - perennial grass having stems 3 to 4 feet high; used especially in Africa and India for pasture and hay cocksfoot, cockspur, Dactylis glomerata, orchard grass - widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass crab grass, crabgrass, finger grass - grasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest in lawns lyme grass - a grass of the genus Elymus wild rye - any of several grasses of the genus Elymus bay grass, love grass - any of various grasses of the genus Eragrostis; specially useful for forage and for the prevention of erosion plume grass - a reedlike grass of the genus Erianthus having large plumes fescue, fescue grass, Festuca elatior, meadow fescue - grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns Festuca ovina, sheep fescue, sheep's fescue - cultivated for sheep pasturage in upland regions or used as a lawn grass silver grass - of Australia and New Zealand Holcus lanatus, velvet grass, Yorkshire fog - tall European perennial grass having a velvety stem; naturalized in United States and used for forage creeping soft grass, Holcus mollis - European perennial grass with soft velvety foliage
	2.	Grass - German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927) Gunter Grass, Gunter Wilhelm Grass
	3.	grass - a police informer who implicates many people supergrass Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom betrayer, blabber, informer, squealer, rat - one who reveals confidential information in return for money
	4.	grass - bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle eatage, forage, pasturage, pasture fodder - coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
	5.	grass - street names for marijuana     dope, gage, green goddess, sens, sess, Mary Jane, locoweed, skunk, weed, smoke, pot cannabis, ganja, marihuana, marijuana - the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect
Verb	1.	grass - shoot down, of birds shoot, pip, hit - hit with a missile from a weapon
	2.	grass - cover with grass; "The owners decided to grass their property" cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"
	3.	grass - spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach spread, unfold, open, spread out - spread out or open from a closed or folded state; "open the map"; "spread your arms"
	4.	grass - cover with grass grass over spread over, cover - form a cover over; "The grass covered the grave"
	5.	grass - feed with grass pasture, graze, crop - let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
	6.	grass - give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" shit, tell on, snitch, stag, shop, denounce, give away, betray, rat inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights" sell out - give information that compromises others

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grass

noun

1. turf, lawn Small creatures stirred in the grass around the tent.

2. cannabis, blow (slang), pot (slang), weed (slang), dope (slang), hemp, hash (slang), hashish, wacky baccy (slang), dagga (S. African) I started smoking grass when I was about sixteen.

3. (Brit. slang) betrayer, sneak, squealer (slang), Judas, accuser, stool pigeon, nark (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang) He preferred to take the rap rather than be a grass.

verb

1. (often with on) inform on, shop (slang, chiefly Brit.), betray, denounce, snitch (slang), sing (slang, chiefly U.S.), give away, rat on (informal), sell (someone) down the river (informal) He was repeatedly attacked by other inmates, who accused him of grassing. I'd never grass on a mate.

Related words
adjectives gramineous, verdant

Grasses

barley, Bermuda grass, bluegrass, buffalo grass, cane, citronella, cotton grass, couch grass, crab grass, darnel, elephant grass, esparto, fescue, maize, marram grass, millet, oat, pampas grass, reed, rice, rye, rye-grass, sorghum, sugar cane, wheat, wild oat, wild rye

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Translations

عُشْبماريخواناواشٍأنواع الأعْشابحشيش

trávatravinatrávníkdonašeč

græsgræsartmarihuanastikker

GrasRasenSpitzel

γκαζόνγρασίδιμαριχουάναχαφιές

herbo

hierbacéspedmarihuanamotapasto

ruohovasikkavasikoidaheinänurmi

herbegazongraminéeindicmoucharder

घास

travadoušnik

fűpázsitfűfélék

rumput

grasjurt af grasaætt

erbainformatorepratospiatraditore

マリファナ密告者草

마리화나정보 제공자풀

žolėžolėtasžolytėapaugęs žolepieva

zāle

graswietverklikker

gresstyster

kapuśtrawatrawnik

ervagramarelvainformadorinformante

iarbă

траватравкадоносчикстукач

trávatravinamarihuana

travatrata

grästjallare

กัญชาคนที่ส่งข้อมูลให้ตำรวจหญ้า

otyeşillikesrarmarihuanamuhbir

گهاس

cần sacỏngười chỉ điểm

大麻草禾本科植物背叛者

grass

[grɑːs]

A. N

1. (Bot) → hierba f, yerba f; (= lawn) → césped m, pasto m (LAm), grama f (LAm); (= pasture) → pasto m
"keep off the grass" → prohibido pisar la hierba
to put a horse out to grass → echar un caballo al pasto
not to let the grass grow under one's feet → no dormirse
the grass is always greener on the other side (of the fence) → nadie está contento con su suerte

2. (= marijuana) → marihuana f, mota f (LAm)

3. (Brit) (= person) → soplón/ona m/f

B. VI (Brit) → soplar, dar el chivatazo
to grass on → delatar a

C. VT (also to grass over) → cubrir de hierba

D. CPD grass court N (Tennis) → pista f de hierba
grass cutter N → cortacésped m
grass roots NPL (fig) → base f
see also grass-roots grass snake N → culebra f
grass widow N (esp US) (divorced, separated) → mujer f separada o divorciada (Brit) (hum) → mujer f cuyo marido está ausente
grass widower N (esp US) (divorced, separated) → hombre m separado o divorciado (Brit) (hum) → marido m cuya mujer está ausente

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grass

[ˈgrɑːs]

n

(= plant) → herbe f
The grass is long → L'herbe est haute.
tall grass → herbe haute
the grass is greener on the other side of the fence → on a toujours envie de ce qu'on n'a pas, on envie toujours le sort du voisin
to be put out to grass (British) [employee] → être mis(e) au repos

(= lawn) → pelouse f, gazon m
to cut the grass → tondre le gazon

(British) (= informer) → mouchard(e) m/f

vi
to grass on sb (British) (= inform) → donner qn

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grass

n

(= plant) → Gras nt; wheat is a grass → der Weizen gehört zu den Gräsern; blade of grass → Grashalm m; grass seed → Grassamen m; to let the grass grow under one’s feet → die Sache auf die lange Bank schieben; the grass is always greener (on the other side of the fence or hill) (Prov) → auf des Nachbars Feld steht das Korn immer besser (Prov), → die Kirschen in Nachbars Garten … (Prov)

no pl (= lawn) → Rasen m; (= pasture) → Weide (→ land nt) f; to play on grass (Sport) → auf (dem) Rasen spielen; the cattle are out at grass (Brit) → das Vieh ist auf der Weide; to put or turn out to grass (Brit, cattle) → auf die Weide führen or treiben; old horses → das Gnadenbrot geben (+dat); (inf) employee → aufs Abstellgleis schieben (inf)

(inf: = marijuana) → Gras(s) nt (inf)

(Brit inf: = informer) → Spitzel m (sl)

vt (also grass over) ground → mit Gras bepflanzen

vi (Brit inf) → singen (inf) → (to bei); to grass on somebody → jdn verpfeifen (inf)

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grass

:

grass blade

n → Grashalm m

grass box

n → Grasfangkorb m

grass-green

adj → grasgrün

grass-grown

adj → mit Gras bewachsen

grasshopper

n → Heuschrecke f, → Grashüpfer m (inf)

grassland

n → Grasland nt

grass plot

n → Rasenfläche f

grass roots

pl → Volk nt; (of a party) → Basis f, → Fußvolk nt (hum inf)

grass-roots

adj attr → Basis-, an der Basis; grass democracy → Basisdemokratie f; at grass level → an der Basis; a grass movement → eine Bürgerinitiative

grass skirt

n → Bastrock m

grass snake

n → Ringelnatter f

grass widow

n → Strohwitwe f; (dated US, divorced) → geschiedene Frau; (separated) → (von ihrem Mann) getrennt lebende Frau

grass widower

n → Strohwitwer m; (dated US, divorced) → geschiedener Mann; (separated) → (von seiner Frau) getrennt lebender Mann

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grass

[grɑːs]

1. n

a. (plant) → erba; (lawn) → prato; (pasture) → pascolo, prato
"keep off the grass" → "vietato calpestare l'erba"
not to let the grass grow under one's feet (fig) → non tirarla per le lunghe
to put out to grass (also) (fig) → mettere a riposo

b. (slang) (marijuana) → erba

c. (Brit) (fam) (informer) → informatore/trice; (ex-terrorist) → pentito/a

2. vi (prison slang) to grass (on sb) → fare una soffiata (sul conto di qn)

grass over vt + adv → mettere a prato

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grass

(graːs) noun

1. the green plant which covers fields, garden lawns etc. gras عُشْب трева grama tráva das Gras græs γρασίδι, χλόηhierba rohi چمن ruoho herbeעשב घास trava fű rumput gras erba 芝生 잔디밭 žolė zāle lalang grasgresstrawa واښه relva iarbă трава tráva trava trava gräs หญ้า ot 草 трава گھاس cỏ 草

2. any species of grass, including also corn and bamboo. He studies grasses. grassoorte أنواع الأعْشاب трева erva travina Gräser (pl.) græs; græsart χόρτοhierba heintaim تیرۀ تک لپه ای ها ruohokasvi graminéeדשא घास trava pázsitfűfélék rumput-rumputan jurt af grasaætt graminacea 草 풀, 목초 žolė zāle lalang grasgress, korn, bambustrawa د وښو ځاي erva plantă ier­boasă трава; злак travina trava trava gräs[art] หญ้า yeşillik 禾本科植物 трав'янисті рослини گھاس جیسی کوئی نبات loại thân thảo 禾本科植物

3. (slang) marijuana. marijuana ماريخوانا марихуана maconha tráva das Gras græs; marihuana μαριχουάναhierba, maría marihuaana ماری جوانا marihuana marijuanaמריחואנה गांजा marihuana marihuána, fű mariyuana erba マリファナ 마리화나 žolė, žolytė ´zālīte´ (marihuana) ganja hasj, hasjiesjgress, marihuana ماري جوانا трава tráva trava marihuana gräs, marijuana กัญชา esrar, marihuana (俚)大麻 травка چرس cần sa （俚）大麻

ˈgrassy adjective

a grassy bank/slope. grasryke مُعْشَوْشِب тревист gramado travnatý grasig græsbevokset χορταριασμένος cubierto de hierba rohune پوشیده از علف ruohoinen herbeux מְכוּסֶה דֶּשֶא घासदार travnat füves berumput grösugur erboso 草のはえた 풀로 덮인 apaugęs žole, žolėtas zālains; ar zāli apaudzis berumput bedekt met gras gresskledd/-aktig trawiasty وښياڼه، هغه ځاى چې ډير واښه لرى cheio de erva ier­bos; cu iarbă травянистый trávnatý travnat travnat gräsbevuxen ซึ่งปกคลุมด้วยหญ้า çimenli 多草的 вкритий травою گھاس سے بھرا phủ cỏ 多草的

ˈgrasshopper noun

a type of insect which jumps and which makes a noise by rubbing its wings. sprinkaan جُنْدُب скакалец gafanhoto kobylka der Grashüpfer græshoppe ακρίδαsaltamontes rohutirts ملخ heinäsirkka sauterelleחגב, חרגול टिडृडा skakavac szöcske belalang engispretta cavalletta ばった 메뚜기 žiogas sienāzis belalang sprinkhaangresshoppekonik polny ملخ gafanhoto lăcustă кузнечик lúčny koník, kobylka kobilica skakavac gräshoppa ตั๊กแตน çekirge 蚱蜢 коник ٹڈا châu chấu 蚱蜢

ˈgrassland noun

land covered with grass, used as pasture for animals. grasveld, weiding أرْض مُعْشَوْشِبَه пасище pastagem pastviny, lučiny die Weide græsmark λιβάδιpradera, dehesa, pasto rohumaa چراگاه laidun prairie אַדמוֹת מִרעֶה घास स्थल travnjak, tratina füves terület padang rumput graslendi, haglendi prateria 牧草地 초원 pieva pļava; ganības padang rumput grasland, weideeng, gressmarkpastwisko وښياڼه pastagem păşune пастбище lúčina, pastvina pašnik pašnjak gräsmark, klövervall ทุ่งหญ้า çayır 牧場 пасовисько چراگاہ đồng cỏ; bãi cỏ 牧场

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grass

→ حَشِيش, عُشْب, واشٍ donašeč, tráva græs, stikker Gras, Spitzel γρασίδι, μαριχουάνα, χαφιές césped, hierba, marihuana, soplón ruoho, vasikka herbe, indic doušnik, trava erba, informatore マリファナ, 密告者, 草 마리화나, 정보 제공자, 풀 gras, verklikker, wiet gress, tyster kapuś, trawa erva, grama, informador, informante, maconha, relva доносчик, трава, травка gräs, tjallare กัญชา, คนที่ส่งข้อมูลให้ตำรวจ, หญ้า muhbir, ot cần sa, cỏ, người chỉ điểm 大麻, 背叛者, 草

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grass

n. hierba, yerba.

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grass

n hierba, césped m; (fam, marijuana) marihuana, mariguana (Mex), hierba (fam), mota (Mex, CA; fam); allergic to grasses..alérgico a la hierba or al césped

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