Definitions for Grass
grɑsgrass

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. grassnoun

   narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay

2. Grass, Gunter Grass, Gunter Wilhelm Grassnoun

   German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927)

3. supergrass, grassnoun

   a police informer who implicates many people

4. eatage, forage, pasture, pasturage, grassnoun

   bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle

5. pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Janeverb

   street names for marijuana

6. grassverb

   shoot down, of birds

7. grassverb

   cover with grass

   "The owners decided to grass their property"

8. grassverb

   spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach

9. grass, grass oververb

   cover with grass

10. grassverb

    feed with grass

11. denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stagverb

    give away information about somebody

    "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. grassnoun

   Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem, wrap around it for a distance, and leave, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.

2. grassnoun

   A lawn.

3. grassnoun

   Marijuana.

4. grassnoun

   An informer, police informer; one who betrays a group (of criminals, etc) to the authorities.

5. grassnoun

   Sharp, closely spaced discontinuities in the trace of a cathode-ray tube, produced by random interference.

6. grassnoun

   Noise on an A-scope or similar type of radar display.

7. grassverb

   To lay out on the grass; to knock down (an opponent etc.).

8. grassverb

   To act as a grass or informer, to betray; to report on (criminals etc) to the authorities.

9. Etymology: græs, from grasan (compare gers, gras, Gras, græs, gräs), from gʰreH₁- 'to grow'. Non Germanic cognates include Latin, Albanian grath. Related to grow and green.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GRASSnoun

   The common herbage of the field on which cattle feed; an herb with long narrow leaves.

   Etymology: græs, Saxon.

   Ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls. Jer. l. 11.

   The trade of beef for foreign exportation was prejudiced, and almost sunk; for the flesh being young, and only grass fed, was thin, light and moist, and not of a substance to endure the salt, or be preserved by it, for long voyages, or a slow consumption. William Temple.

   You’ll be no more your former you;
   But for a blooming nymph will pass,
   Just fifteen, coming Summer’s grass. Jonathan Swift.

2. To Grassverb

   To breed grass; to become pasture.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   Land arable, driven, or worn to the proof,
   With oats ye may sow it, the sooner to grass,
   More soon to be pasture, to bring it to pass. Thomas Tusser, Husband.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Grass

   Grass is the first single from Animal Collectives 2005 album, Feels. Pitchfork Media listed the song at #31 on its list of Top 50 Singles of 2005, claiming it is "as infectious as anything on the pop charts this year, and lots more fun to scream along with". The song was subsequently placed at #73 in the same publication's list of "Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s". Stylus also placed it in its Top 50 Singles of 2005 (this time at #44), praising the band's ability to "play tug of war between typical pop dynamics and the skewed perspective of experimental music". The title track was included in the 2008 book The Pitchfork 500. The single was released in the United Kingdom on both CD and 7" vinyl. On March 21, 2006, it was released in the U. S. and Canada (July 3, 2006 worldwide) with a bonus DVD; the DVD contains music videos for "Grass", "Who Could Win a Rabbit" and "Fickle Cycle", as well as a video and sound collage, "Lake Damage", made by Brian DeGraw of Gang Gang Dance.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. grass

   Grass is a type of plant that belongs to the family Poaceae, characterized by narrow leaves, jointed stems, and flower clusters known as inflorescences. It is typically herbaceous and grows in tufts or clumps, often forming lawns or meadows. Grasses are predominantly found in temperate regions but also thrive in tropical and arid environments. They serve as a primary food source for many herbivorous animals and have various uses for humans, including landscaping, livestock forage, and as a raw material for paper, fuel, and construction.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Grassnoun

   popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute the food of cattle and other beasts; pasture

2. Grassnoun

   an endogenous plant having simple leaves, a stem generally jointed and tubular, the husks or glumes in pairs, and the seed single

3. Grassnoun

   the season of fresh grass; spring

4. Grassnoun

   metaphorically used for what is transitory

5. Grassverb

   to cover with grass or with turf

6. Grassverb

   to expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc

7. Grassverb

   to bring to the grass or ground; to land; as, to grass a fish

8. Grassverb

   to produce grass

9. Etymology: [OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, grs, grs; akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., & Goth. gras, Dan. grs, Sw. grs, and prob. to E. green, grow. Cf. Graze.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Grass

   Grasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the family Poaceae, as well as the sedges and the rushes. The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns and grassland. Sedges include many wild marsh and grassland plants, and some cultivated ones such as water chestnut and papyrus sedge. Uses for graminoids include food, drink, pasture for livestock, thatch, paper, fuel, clothing, insulation, construction, sports turf, basket weaving and many others.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Grass

   gras, n. common herbage: an order of plants (Gramineæ), the most important in the whole vegetable kingdom, with long, narrow leaves and tubular stem, including wheat, rye, oats, rice, millet, and all those which supply food for nearly all graminivorous animals: short for asparagus—sparrow-grass: time of grass, spring or summer: the surface of a mine.—v.t. to cover with grass: to feed with grass: to bring to the grass or ground, as a bird or a fish—(various perennial fodder grasses are timothy, fox-tail, cock's-foot, and the fescue grasses, Italian rye-grass, &c.).—ns. Grass′-Cloth, a name applied to different kinds of coarse cloth, the fibre of which is rarely that of a grass, esp. to the Chinese summer-cloth made from Bœhmeria nivea, which is really a nettle; Grass′-cut′ter, one of the attendants on an Indian army, whose work is to provide provender for the baggage-cattle; Grass′er, an extra or temporary worker in a printing-office.—adjs. Grass′-green, green with grass: green as grass; Grass′-grown, grown over with grass.—ns. Grass′hopper, a saltatorial, orthopterous insect, nearly allied to locusts and crickets, keeping quiet during the day among vegetation, but noisy at night; Grass′iness; Grass′ing, the exposing of linen in fields to air and light for bleaching purposes; Grass′-land, permanent pasture; Grass′-oil, a name under which several volatile oils derived from widely different plants are grouped; Grass′-plot, a plot of grassy ground; Grass′-tree, a genus of Australian plants, with shrubby stems, tufts of long wiry foliage at the summit, and a tall flower-stalk, with a dense cylindrical spike of small flowers; Grass′-wid′ow, a wife temporarily separated from her husband, often also a divorced woman, or one deserted by her husband; Grass′-wrack, the eel-grass growing abundantly on the sea-coast.—adj. Grass′y, covered with or resembling grass, green.—Go to grass, to be turned out to pasture, esp. of a horse too old to work: to go into retirement, to rusticate: to fall violently (of a pugilist); Let the grass grow under one's feet, to loiter, linger.—Spanish grass (see Esparto). [A.S. gærs, græs; Ice., Ger., Dut., and Goth. gras; prob. allied to green and grow.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. grass

   A term applied to vegetables in general. (See FEED OF GRASS.)

Rap DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. grassnoun

   See marijuana. "But I smoke 'em like grass, just like Cheech and Chong" -- Dr. Dre (Keep Their Heads Ringin')

2. grassnoun

   Someone who informs the police.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. grass

   A type of cultivar, plant and seed.

   There are thousands of plants that are classified as grass.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 26, 2016  

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1. grass

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GRASS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Grass is ranked #7301 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Grass surname appeared 4,567 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Grass.
   
   86.2% or 3,938 total occurrences were White.
   5.8% or 265 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   3.9% or 178 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.9% or 91 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.7% or 78 total occurrences were Black.
   0.3% or 17 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Cover
   • Fodder
   • Gramineous Plant
   • Graze
   • Informer
   • Shoot
   • Spread Out
   • Writer

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Grass' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2580

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Grass' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1948

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Grass' in Nouns Frequency: #1024

How to pronounce Grass?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Grass in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Grass in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Grass in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Grass in a Sentence

1. Unknown:

   Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.

2. Elizabeth Warren:

   This is going to be a grass-roots campaign, i'm here to ask every one of you to be a part of this, anything you can do : Volunteer, take a sign, pitch in five bucks, any part of it.

3. Ian Bartoszek:

   [ It's ] is another important piece of evidence for the negative impact invasive Burmese pythons are having on native wildlife across the Greater Everglades Ecosystem imagine the potential consequences to the state and federally protected Southwest Florida panther if Burmese pythons adversely affect the number of white-tailed deer. Officials safely captured and relocated the snake, which painfully regurgitated the dead fawn in the grass. Shortly after, the python was humanely euthanized. Wildlife biologists then performed an autopsy on the snake and collected genetic samples. Biologists are accumulating valuable life history information on the behavior of Burmese pythons in Southwest Florida, the conservancy wrote. This information is leading to the development of an effective python removal technique that combines both hunting and radio-telemetry tracking efforts to target and remove breeding female pythons and disrupt the egg-laying cycle. A 2015 photo, which was just released this week, shows a Burmese python regurgitating a 35-pound white-tailed deer. ( Conservancy of Southwest Florida) The Florida Wildlife Commission has been asking for the public's help to remove the snakes, encouraging them toremove and kill pythons from private lands whenever possible. The South Florida Water Management District even created a python elimination program in 2017 to protect the Everglades and eliminate the snakes from public lands. Approximately158 pythons were eliminated during the program in roughly two months. Wildlife officials would like to find a more effective way to eliminate the creatures, and they believe research is key. Southwest Florida wildlife officials share a 2015 photo of an 11-foot Burmese python and the body of a white-tailed deer, the snake's prey. ( Conservancy of Southwest Florida).

4. Jose Eliecer Sierra:

   Another very tempting option that people are thinking about is cattle - knocking down coffee trees and planting grass for cows.

5. Courtney Shelton:

   Kylie saw him swerve off to the right and then go flying through the air. She said ‘no mom, stop, stop stop.’ The grass was two or three feet high. The motorcycle was hidden and he was hidden, he flew quite a ways away from his motorcycle when I found him. He was on his back so I knew he had major injuries based on the distance he flew and the height he flew from my daughter’s description.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Grass
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Grass
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Grass
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grass
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Grass
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Grass
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Grass
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Grass
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html