sward

Preposition: of

grass: Go through the gate to find yourself at the south end of a long sward of grass, sloping up to your left.

Converse of object

• graze: Green-winged orchid - this common orchid is evident where rabbits have grazed the sward.
• dominate: Frequent cutting ( 6 times per year ) allows the white clover to dominate the sward.
• maintain: More frequent mowing to maintain a short sward may be needed on parts of the site to maintain a neat appearance or for recreation.
• establish: Sowing to a short-term crop followed by further surface cultivations may be best before establishing a long-term sward.
• have: The ley will have a thick bottom sward for good hay, silage and grazing.
• form: It is a perennial with an extensive rhizome system and forms a sward rather than tussocks but is very variable in habit.

Adjective modifier

• dense: Also, the ball will sink less into a dense sward which will therefore present less resistance to its forward roll.
• grassy: Surrounding the Promenade is a huge grassy sward, part of which is laid out as gardens.
• thick: It probably never even got as far as the soil before being eaten or getting stuck in the thick grass sward.
• green: Carry on along the path across the continuing green sward, which cuts off a wide curve in the Cocker.
• mixed: Mowing is indiscriminate and does not act selectively; for instance it is impossible to mow only the grass in a mixed sward.
• short: It was growing among the short sward on the lower slopes of Mill Hill.

Modifies a noun

• composition: The sward composition today on the greens is starting to take on another look.
• height: Controlled grazing to maintain optimum sward height can also help.
• damage: Plant death or sward damage can allow ragwort to invade the gaps in established vegetation.

Noun used with modifier

• clover: For two years the land is down to a grass clover sward which is occasionally mown.
• grass: Gaps must be made first in the grass sward.
• grassland: Now we have heather plants springing up and a diverse grassland sward.
• ryegrass: Grass silage containing 296 g VCDM per kg FW was produced from the primary growth of a perennial ryegrass sward.