grass

¹grass

noun, often attributive \ˈgras\

Definition of GRASS

1

: herbage suitable or used for grazing animals

2

: any of a large family (Gramineae syn. Poaceae) of monocotyledonous mostly herbaceous plants with jointed stems, slender sheathing leaves, and flowers borne in spikelets of bracts

3

: land (as a lawn or a turf racetrack) covered with growing grass <keep off the grass> <the horse had never won on grass>

4

plural : leaves or plants of grass

5

: a state or place of retirement <put out to grass>

6

[short for grasshopper, rhyming slang for copper] slang British : a police informer

7

: electronic noise on a radarscope that takes the form of vertical lines resembling lawn grass

8

: marijuana

— grass·less \-ləs\ adjective

— grass·like \-ˌlīk\ adjective

Examples of GRASS

1. They were smoking some grass.

Origin of GRASS

Middle English gras, from Old English græs; akin to Old High German gras grass, Old English grōwan to grow

First Known Use: before 12th century

Rhymes with GRASS

ass, bass, brass, class, crass, frass, gas, glass, lass, mass, pass, sass, strass, tasse, vas, wrasse