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Definition of grass
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: herbage suitable or used for grazing animals
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: any of a large family (Gramineae synonym Poaceae) of monocotyledonous mostly herbaceous plants with jointed stems, slender sheathing leaves, and flowers borne in spikelets of bracts
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: land (such as a lawn or a turf racetrack) covered with growing grass
keep off the grass the horse had never won on grass
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grasses plural
: leaves or plants of grass
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: a state or place of retirement
put out to grass
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[ short for grasshopper, rhyming slang for copper ]
slang, British
: a police informer
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: electronic noise on a radarscope that takes the form of vertical lines resembling lawn grass
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: marijuana
grass
verb
grassed;
grassing;
grasses
Definition of grass (Entry 2 of 3)
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: to feed (livestock) on grass sometimes without grain or other concentrates
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: to cover with grass
especially
: to seed to grass
Grass
biographical name
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Definition of Grass (Entry 3 of 3)
Günter Wilhelm 1927–2015 German writer
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Other Words from grass
Noun
grassless
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adjective
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adjective
grasslike
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adjective
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adjective
Examples of grass in a Sentence
Noun
They were smoking some grass.Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
In front of it, the ground was springy, carpeted with a dense layer of pine needles and studded with tufts of grass. — Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, "A Trailblazing Plan to Fight California Wildfires," 19 Aug. 2019 The livelihoods of players’ health literally rest on the quality of grass. — Kyle Fredrickson, The Denver Post, "Field Flip: How in 9 days Broncos Stadium changed from The Rolling Stones to the NFL," 19 Aug. 2019 Some grass-roots activists whom Miller cultivated during Trump's campaign also have soured on him, including Sara Blackwell, the founder of a group called Protect American Workers. — al, "How Stephen Miller controls Trump’s immigration policy," 18 Aug. 2019 The plates, cups, bowls, and pitcher use the same shade of ecru, but they’re illustrated with soft blue sketches of grass. — Liz Stinson, Curbed, "Virgil Abloh’s first home goods collection is understated with a twist," 16 Aug. 2019 That was my America right there: pastel greenish-brown of grass furring the rolling hills. — Colin Barrett, Harper's magazine, "“Just Keep Going North”," 5 July 2019 Like K Bar K, Buck Creek Meats has grass-fed beef, chicken, pork and lamb and free-range chicken eggs. — Kim Pierce, Dallas News, "Shoppers love the small-town feel of this Frisco farmers market," 2 July 2019 Officers responding to a shooting June 4 in the 7200 block of Bunker Hill Road found Lassai unresponsive, lying in a patch of grass. — Olivia Prentzel, nola.com, "Woman booked in connection with fatal shooting of 23-year-old in New Orleans East," 12 June 2019 Every single in-game model, from huge wooden shacks to flying spaceships, and from slack-jawed yokels to individual blades of grass, has been handsomely redrawn by this remaster's development team. — Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, "After 8Chan-gate, THQN unveils stirring anti-Nazi game set in 1930s Germany," 11 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Robotic lawn mowers like the Honda Miimo ($2,499); Robomow ($1,299); and Worx Landroid ($999) are to grass what the Roomba and its ilk are to carpet. — Maria Carter, Country Living, "The Roomba for Lawns Is a Yard Work Game-Changer," 19 Apr. 2017 Related stories from Star-Telegram Hamels delivers gem as Rangers sweep Mariners Beyond a wild-card race, Rangers from Venezuela in dire fight for family and country Rangers’ new ballpark won’t look like Minute Maid Park, but will grass grow? — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, "Has DeShields raced his way into Rangers’ 2018 lineup?," 21 Sep. 2017 How long should grass get before your town issues a warning or even a fine? — Linda Kinsey, cleveland.com, "How should your community handle homeowners whose lawns are overgrown? Share your comments," 21 June 2017 Robotic lawn mowers like the Honda Miimo ($2,499); Robomow ($1,299); and Worx Landroid ($999) are to grass what the Roomba and its ilk are to carpet. — Maria Carter, Country Living, "The Roomba for Lawns Is a Yard Work Game-Changer," 19 Apr. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'grass.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for grass
grass
noun
English Language Learners Definition of grass
(Entry 1 of 2)
: plants that have narrow green leaves, that are eaten by cows, sheep, horses, etc., and that are commonly grown on lawns and in gardens
: a particular type of grass
British slang
: a person who gives information to the police about the criminal activity of other people : a police informer
grass
verbEnglish Language Learners Definition of grass (Entry 2 of 2)
: to cover (an area) with grass
See the full definition for grass in the English Language Learners Dictionary
grass
noun
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Kids Definition of grass
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: any of a large group of green plants with jointed stems, long slender leaves, and stalks of clustered flowers