often attributive
1
: herbage suitable or used for grazing animals
2
: 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
3
: land (such as a lawn or a turf racetrack) covered with growing grass
keep off the grass
the horse had never won on grass
4
grasses 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] British slang
: a police informer
7
: electronic noise on a radarscope that takes the form of vertical lines resembling lawn grass
8
grassed; grassing; grasses
1
: to feed (livestock) on grass sometimes without grain or other concentrates
2
: to cover with grass
especially
: to seed to grass
Synonyms
Examples of grass in a Sentence
Noun
They were smoking some grass.
Recent Examples on the Web
Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 17 Apr. 2024
In 2018, one year after he was named varsity baseball coach at Pearl City High School, state lawmakers, some of whom received campaign contributions from his parties, approved $3 million in funding to convert the field from grass to artificial turf.
—Irene Casado Sanchez, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
Indigenous names in North America include the breaking ice moon to the Algonquin moon of the red grass appearing to the Oglala, frog moon to the Cree, moon when the streams are again navigable, or moon when the geese lay eggs to the Dakota.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 16 Apr. 2024
Hillsides were caked and brown, city streets were dotted with dead lawns, and wildfires raged throughout the state and region, feeding on bone-dry grass and shrubs.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024
But the craft held steady, dug a curving divot through thirty feet of grass, and came to rest.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
Police allegedly located a silver Smith and Wesson .357 revolver in the grass near where Barnes was standing.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2024
The 7-year-old saw granite and marble headstones jutting out from the grass near other graves, inscribed with epitaphs.
—Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
Dietary analysis revealed strong grass consumption and considerable overlap between zebras and wildebeest.
—T. Michael Anderson, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2024
Mark Kazlowski, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
The major endeavor ahead includes putting in brand new irrigation, plenty of tree work and re-grassing the entire golf course.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
Farmers in Texas are being forced to sell off their cattle herds earlier than normal due to extreme drought -- as water sources dry out and grass burns up.
—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 17 Aug. 2022
Burning mostly shrub and grass less than a mile from Top-of-The-World, the fire as of Tuesday has consumed more than 71,756 acres with no containment, according to InciWeb.
—Chelsea Curtis, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2021
Berea Community Outreach now encompasses a long list of programs, from a food pantry and Dinner to Your Door to grass cutting and snowplowing for seniors and the disabled.
—cleveland, 4 Jan. 2021
Not wanting to miss out on an opportunity to embarrass themselves in public, many of our overzealous police forces have launched online contact forms so people can grass on their neighbors.
—Charlie Peters, National Review, 8 Apr. 2020
More of the area around the platform has been grassed, adding even more seating and picnicking areas.
—John Davis, azcentral, 27 Jan. 2020
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, 19 Apr. 2017
Noun
The event begins at 8 a.m. with free yoga in the grass at Baby Beach, followed by the clean up from 9 to 10:30 a.m.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 17 Apr. 2024
In 2018, one year after he was named varsity baseball coach at Pearl City High School, state lawmakers, some of whom received campaign contributions from his parties, approved $3 million in funding to convert the field from grass to artificial turf.
—Irene Casado Sanchez, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
Indigenous names in North America include the breaking ice moon to the Algonquin moon of the red grass appearing to the Oglala, frog moon to the Cree, moon when the streams are again navigable, or moon when the geese lay eggs to the Dakota.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 16 Apr. 2024
Hillsides were caked and brown, city streets were dotted with dead lawns, and wildfires raged throughout the state and region, feeding on bone-dry grass and shrubs.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024
But the craft held steady, dug a curving divot through thirty feet of grass, and came to rest.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
Police allegedly located a silver Smith and Wesson .357 revolver in the grass near where Barnes was standing.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2024
The 7-year-old saw granite and marble headstones jutting out from the grass near other graves, inscribed with epitaphs.
—Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
Dietary analysis revealed strong grass consumption and considerable overlap between zebras and wildebeest.
—T. Michael Anderson, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2024
Verb
Williams said the holes that were grassed last should be ideal by the fall.
—Mark Kazlowski, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
The major endeavor ahead includes putting in brand new irrigation, plenty of tree work and re-grassing the entire golf course.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
Farmers in Texas are being forced to sell off their cattle herds earlier than normal due to extreme drought -- as water sources dry out and grass burns up.
—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 17 Aug. 2022
Burning mostly shrub and grass less than a mile from Top-of-The-World, the fire as of Tuesday has consumed more than 71,756 acres with no containment, according to InciWeb.
—Chelsea Curtis, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2021
Berea Community Outreach now encompasses a long list of programs, from a food pantry and Dinner to Your Door to grass cutting and snowplowing for seniors and the disabled.
—cleveland, 4 Jan. 2021
Not wanting to miss out on an opportunity to embarrass themselves in public, many of our overzealous police forces have launched online contact forms so people can grass on their neighbors.
—Charlie Peters, National Review, 8 Apr. 2020
More of the area around the platform has been grassed, adding even more seating and picnicking areas.
—John Davis, azcentral, 27 Jan. 2020
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, 19 Apr. 2017
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grass
1 of 2 noun1
: herbs suitable for or eaten by grazing animals
2
: any of a large family of green plants (as wheat, corn, bamboo, or sugarcane) with jointed usually hollow stems, long slender leaves, and small dry one-seeded fruits often in groups
3
: grass-covered land
especially
: lawn entry 2
4
grassy
adjective
ˈgras-ē
grass
2 of 2 verb1
: to seed with grass
2
: to provide (as cattle) with grass for food
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