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grass  (grs)

n.

1.

a. The grass family.

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

2. Any of various plants having slender leaves characteristic of the grass family.

3. An expanse of ground, such as a lawn, 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.

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 ghr- in Indo-European roots.]

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grass

Noun

1. a very common green plant with jointed stems and long narrow leaves, eaten by animals such as sheep and cows, and used for lawns and sports fields

2. a particular kind of grass, such as bamboo

3. a lawn

4. Slang marijuana

5. Brit & Austral slang a person who informs, usually on criminals

Verb

1. grass on or up Brit slang to inform on (someone) to the police or some other authority

2. grass over to cover with grass [Old English græs]

grassy adj

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grass  (grs)

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.

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 short-grass, shortgrass - 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 tall-grass, tallgrass - 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 wheat-grass, wheatgrass - 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
	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

Translations

grass [grɑːs] n → hierba (= lawn); césped m (= pasture); pasto;

(col) (= informer); soplón/ona m/f

grass [grɑːs] n → herbe f (= lawn); gazon m;

(Brit) (inf) (= informer); mouchard(e): (= ex-terrorist); balanceur/euse

grass [grɑːs] n → Gras nt;

(lawn) → Rasen m;

(Brit) (inf) (informer) → (Polizei)spitzel m

grass [grɑːs] n → erba (= pasture); pascolo, prato;

(BRIT ) (col) (= informer); informatore/trice (= ex-terrorist); pentito/a

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grass

n grass [graːs]

1 the green plant which covers fields, garden lawns etc. grasعُشْبтреваtrávagræsdas Grasγρασίδι, χλόηhierbarohiچمنruohoherbeעֵשֶבघासtravafűrumputgraserba芝生잔디žolėzālelalanggrasgresstrawarelvaiarbăтраваtrávatravatravagräsหญ้าot草траваگھاسcỏ草

2 any species of grass, including also corn and bamboo He studies grasses.grassoorteأنواع الأعْشابтреваtravinagræs; græsartGräser (pl.)χόρτοhierbaheintaimتیرۀ تک لپه ای هاruohokasvigraminéeדֶּשֶאघासtravapázsitfűfélékrumput-rumputanjurt af grasaættgraminacea草풀žolėzālelalanggras(-)gress, korn, bambustrawaervaplantă ier­boasăтрава; злакtravinatravatravagräs[]หญ้าyeşillik禾本科植物трав'янисті рослиниگھاس جیسی کوئی نباتloại thân thảo禾本科植物

3 (slang) marijuana. marijuanaماريخواناмарихуанаtrávagræs; marihuanadas Grasμαριχουάνα (λαϊκ.)hierba, maría (marihuana)marihuaanaماری جواناmarijuanaמַרִיחוּאָנָהगांजाmarihuanamarihuána, fűmariyuanaerbaマリファナžolė, žolytė´zālīte´ (marihuana)ganjahasj, hasjiesjgress, marihuanaтраваtrávatravamarihuanagräs, marijuanaกัญชาesrar, marihuana（俚）大麻травкаچرسcần sa（俚）大麻

adj ˈgrassy

a grassy bank/slope.grasrykeمُعْشَوْشِبтревистtravnatýgræsbevoksetgrasigχορταριασμένοςcubierto de hierbarohuneپوشیده از علفruohoinenherbeuxמְכוּסֶה דֶּשֶאघासदारtravnatfüvesberumputgrösugurerboso草のはえた풀로 뒤덮인apaugęs žole, žolėtaszālains; ar zāli apaudzisberumputbedekt met grasgresskledd/-aktigtrawiastycheio de ervaier­bos; cu iarbăтравянистыйtrávnatýtravnattravnatgräsbevuxenซึ่งปกคลุมด้วยหญ้าçimenli多草的вкритий травоюگھاس سے بھراphủ cỏ多草的

n ˈgrasshopper

a type of insect which jumps and which makes a noise by rubbing its wings. sprinkaanجُنْدُبскакалецkobylkagræshoppeder Grashüpferακρίδαsaltamontesrohutirtsملخheinäsirkkasauterelleחָגָב, חַרגוֹלटिडृडाskakavacszöcskebelalangengisprettacavallettaばった메뚜기žiogassienāzisbelalangbedekt met grasgresshoppekonik polnygafanhotolăcustăкузнечикlúčny koník, kobylkakobilicaskakavacgräshoppaตั๊กแตนçekirge蚱蜢коникٹڈاchâu chấu蚱蜢

n ˈgrassland

land covered with grass, used as pasture for animals. grasveld, weidingأرْض مُعْشَوْشِبَهпасищеpastviny, lučinygræsmarkdie Weideλιβάδιpradera, dehesa, pastorohumaaچراگاهruohoalueprairieאַדמוֹת מִרעֶהघास स्थलtravnjak, tratinafüves területpadang rumputgraslendi, haglendiprateria牧草地목초지pievapļava; ganībaspadang rumputgrasland, weideeng, gressmarkpastwiskopastagempăşuneпастбищеlúčina, pastvinapašnikpašnjakgräsmark, klövervallทุ่งหญ้าçayır牧場пасовиськоچراگاہđồng cỏ; bãi cỏ牧场