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grass - use in sentences
Converse of object
- mow: Site on mown grass more than 1 acre in size.
- munch: We left pops tethered at the farm happily munching grass.
Adjective modifier
- ornamental: Ornamental grasses are an important part of the autumn garden, giving structure, form and texture.
- coarse: In my native Suffolk the cowslip meadows have long given way to the coarse grass used for silage.
- tall: On and on through the tall green grass, their plumes touched by the wind of death.
- lemon: Yogi Tea Green Jasmine A delicate blend of Green Jasmine and ginger, lemon grass and lemon verbena.
- lush: It's floored by a pasture of lush green grass that could almost be used as a tennis court.
- rough: I fancy the idea of natural-looking, possibly rather rough, grass at this end of the garden, near the trees.
Modifies a noun
- verge: Can someone explain please the Councils policy on parking on grass verges?
- root: The way we are working with people at a very grass roots level.
- cutting: Grass cutting Use the online form to report problems with grass cutting in your area.
- clipping: Use a woven mesh black polythene mulch, grass clippings, straw or bark applied to wet soil in early spring.
- snake: Look out too for grass snake soaking up the sun close to the footpath.
- pollen: The little devils collect the grass pollen for their honey, which is supposed to contain a fair dosage of THC.
Noun used with modifier
- marram: Damage has already been done to the area as marram grass has had little chance to seed naturally on the dunes.
- rye: The only species which would not be particularly welcome in a wildflower meadow was rye grass which can be very vigorous and competitive.
- couch: There is a grass like a bigger and tougher couch grass, growing around the trees.
- tussock: The breeding season starts with the male birds coming ashore in September to build their nests of stones among the tussock grass.
- moor: Sections of lagg remain, typically dominated by purple moor grass.
- canary: Fens around lough margins may have common reed or reed canary grass.
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