Sekirov Dictionary

grass

UK /ɡɹɑːs/US [ɡɹ̠æs]

noun12

  1. any of many low green plants with long thin leaves, often grown to cover the ground
  2. Any of the various plants that are not in the family Poaceae that resemble grasses.
  3. A lawn.
  4. (slang) Marijuana.
  5. The outside world, especially in the phrase "touch grass".
  6. (UK, slang) An informer; snitch, police informer; one who betrays a group (of criminals, etc) to the authorities.
  7. Sharp, closely spaced discontinuities in the trace of a cathode-ray tube, produced by random interference.
  8. (slang) Noise on an A-scope or similar type of radar display.
  9. The season of fresh grass; spring or summer.
  10. Asparagus; "sparrowgrass".
  11. The surface of a mine.
  12. (figurative, no longer used) That which is transitory.

verb6

  1. To cover with grass or with turf.
  2. (slang) To act as a grass or informer, to betray; to report on (criminals etc) to the authorities.
  3. To lay out on the grass; to knock down (an opponent etc.).
  4. To bring to the grass or ground; to land.
  5. To feed with grass.
  6. To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc.
forms

grassed · grassing · grasses

Phrases with grass

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