Grass - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ɡræs|  American pronunciation of the word grass
Brit.  |ɡrɑːs|  British pronunciation of the word grass

noun

- narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
- German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927)
- a police informer who implicates many people
- bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle (syn: eatage, forage, pasturage, pasture)
- street names for marijuana (syn: dope, gage, locoweed, pot, skunk, smoke, weed)

verb

- shoot down, of birds
- cover with grass
The owners decided to grass their property
- spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach
- cover with grass
- feed with grass
- give away information about somebody (syn: betray, denounce, give away, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on)

Extra examples

They were smoking some grass.

He grassed on them to the police.

She enjoyed the feel of grass beneath her feet.

All grasses need light to grow well.

Burton grassed on other prisoners.

The owners decided to grass their property

When fall came he planted grass.

Repeated application of fertilizer will help the grass become green and healthy.

Repeated applications of fertilizer will help the grass become green and healthy.

...fields green with meadow grass...

The rabbit disappeared from sight into the tall grass.

Strange as it may seem, I don't like walking barefoot on the grass.

When autumn came he planted grass.

The grass was wet with dew.

She raked the grass seed into the soil.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: grass
he/she/it: grasses
present participle: grassing
past tense: grassed
past participle: grassed
noun
singular: grass
plural: grasses
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