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Grass means vegetation consisting of short plants, or a piece of land with such vegetation.

Types of Grass

Kentucky Bluegrass is often referred to as "America’s grass" because it is hardy enough to have its seed take root in almost any area of the continent.
Hybrid strains, boast the ability to grow under the harshest of conditions, regardless of the soil they are planted in or the climate they must endure.
Brands such as "Amazing Grass," "Zoysia Grass," and the highly popular "Perfect Patch" all boast that they are able to take root under any conditions.

(noun)

An example of grass is a front lawn.

The definition of grass is of the family Poaceace which has jointed stems, long and narrow leaves and seed-like fruit.

(adjective)

An example of grass is a crop such as wheat or sugar cane.

Grass is defined as to grow vegetation with narrow, long leaves, or to send an animal out to eat in the pasture.

(verb)

An example of grass is to send a herd of cows into the spring pastures to eat the new growth.

See grass in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

any of various plants of the grass family that are usually used for food, fodder, or grazing and as lawns
any grasslike plant of various families having similar uses
ground covered with grass; pasture land or lawn
Origin: from the visual resemblance to blades of grass
horizontal lines of clutter on a radarscope caused by electronic noise signals
☆ Slang marijuana
Origin: short for grasshopper, rhyming slang for copper
Brit., Slang an informer; stool pigeon

Origin: ME gras < OE gærs, græs, akin to Ger gras < IE *ghrō-, grow

adjective

designating a family (Poaceae, order Cyperales) of monocotyledonous plants with long, narrow leaves, jointed stems, flowers in spikelets, and seedlike fruit, including wheat, rye, barley, oats, corn, sugar cane, bamboo, sorghum, and bluegrass

transitive verb

to put (an animal or animals) out to pasture or graze
to grow grass over; cover with grass
to lay (textiles, etc.) on the grass for bleaching by the sun
Brit., Slang to inform against, as to the police

intransitive verb

to become covered with grass
Brit., Slang to act as an informer; inform (on)

Related Forms:

grasslike adjective

Grass, Günter (Wilhelm) 1927-; Ger. writer

See grass in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. The grass family.
b. The members of the grass family considered as a group.
Any of various plants having slender leaves characteristic of the grass family.
An expanse of ground, such as a lawn, covered with grass or similar plants.
Grazing land; pasture.
Slang Marijuana.
Electronics Small variations in amplitude of an oscilloscope display caused by electrical noise.

verb grassed, grass·ing, grass·es

verb, transitive

a. To cover with grass.
b. To grow grass on.
To feed (livestock) with grass.

verb, intransitive

To become covered with grass.
To graze.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English gras

Origin: , from Old English grǽs; see ghrē- in Indo-European roots

German writer whose novels, notably The Tin Drum (1959) and Dog Years (1963), concern the political and social climate of Germany during and after World War II. He won the 1999 Nobel Prize for literature.

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