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- Dictionarygrass/ɡrɑːs/
noun
- 1. vegetation consisting of typically short plants with long, narrow leaves, growing wild or cultivated on lawns and pasture, and as a fodder crop. Similar
- 2. a mainly herbaceous plant with jointed stems and spikes of small wind-pollinated flowers, predominant in grass.
verb
- 1. cover (an area of ground) with grass: "the railway tracks were mostly grassed over" Similar
- 2. inform the police of someone's criminal activities or plans: informal British "someone had grassed on the thieves" Similar Opposite
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Grass is a type of plant with narrow leaves growing from the base. Their appearance as a common plant was in the mid- Cretaceous period. There are 12,000 species now. [3] A common kind of grass is used to cover the ground in places such as lawns and parks. Grass is usually the color green.
a low, green plant that grows naturally over a lot of the earth's surface, having groups of very thin leaves that grow close together in large numbers: a blade of grass. cut the grass Support garden wildlife by cutting the grass less often.
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.
Grass is a very common plant consisting of large numbers of thin, spiky, green leaves that cover the surface of the ground. Small things stirred in the grass around the tent. The lawn contained a mixture of grasses. Synonyms: turf, lawn More Synonyms of grass. 2. singular noun A1.
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. the grass-covered ground. pasture: Half the farm is grass. Slang. marijuana.
noun. narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay. see more. noun. bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle. synonyms: eatage, forage, pasturage, pasture. see more.
Jul 2, 2015 · Definition of grass noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define grass. grass synonyms, grass pronunciation, grass translation, English dictionary definition of grass. 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...
GRASS definition: 1. a common plant with narrow green leaves that grows close to the ground in gardens and fields…. Learn more.
: Compare grass family. such plants collectively, as when cultivated in lawns or used as pasture for grazing animals or cut and dried as hay. the grass-covered ground.
