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/ɡras/

noun
- 1. vegetation consisting of typically short plants with long, narrow leaves, growing wild or cultivated on lawns and pasture, and as a fodder crop. Similar turfgreenerygreensodlawnfieldpasturemeadowgrasslandgrasslandsblades of grassveldliterary:swardmeadlea
- ▪ ground covered with grass: "he sat down on the grass"
- ▪ pastureland: "the farms were mostly given over to grass"
- 2. the mainly herbaceous plant that constitutes grass, which has jointed stems and spikes of small, wind-pollinated flowers.
- 3. marijuana. informal Similar cannabismarijuanahashishbhanghempkefkifcharasganjasinsemillainformal:dopehashgrasspotblowdrawstuffMary Janeteaweedthe weedgoldgreenmezzskunkweedskunkreeferropesmokegageboochargejivemootahpodwacky backylocoweeddaggazol
- 4. a police informer. informal British Similar informermolestool pigeonwhistle-blowerinformal:snitchsnoutstooliesnake in the grassratscabnosenarksupergrassfink
verb
- 1. cover (an area of ground) with grass: "hillsides so closely grassed over, they seem to be painted green" Similar cover with grassgrass overturflay grass on
- ▪ feed (livestock) with grass. US
- 2. inform the police of criminal activity or plans: informal British "someone had grassed on the thieves" Similar informtellgive awaybetraydenouncesell outbe a Judas toinformal:blow the whistleratpeachsquealsqueaktell tales aboutspill the beans aboutsell down the riversneakshopstitch updo the dirtysplitgrass updrop a/the dimefingerrat outjobdobpimppoolshelfput someone's pot onpoint the bone attoutarchaic:delateOpposite keep quiet aboutprotect
Word Origin Old Englishgræs, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gras, German Gras, also ultimately to green and grow.
Derivatives
- 1. grassless adjective
- 2. grasslike adjective
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