| grass | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. grass | narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay. |
| ~ graminaceous plant, gramineous plant | cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves. |
| ~ beach grass | tough grasses with strong roots that can grow on exposed sandy shores. |
| ~ bunch grass, bunchgrass | any of various grasses of many genera that grow in tufts or clumps rather than forming a sod or mat; chiefly of western United States. |
| ~ midgrass | any of various grasses of moderate height which covered the undisturbed prairie in the United States; includes most of the forage grasses of the temperate zone. |
| ~ short-grass, shortgrass | any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions; common on the dry upland plains just east of the Rocky Mountains. |
| ~ sword grass | any of various grasses or sedges having sword-shaped leaves with sharp edges. |
| ~ tall-grass, tallgrass | any of various grasses that are tall and that flourish with abundant moisture. |
| ~ lemon grass, lemongrass | a tropical grass native to India and Sri Lanka. |
| ~ aegilops triuncalis, goat grass | European grass naturalized as a weed in North America; sharp-pointed seeds cause injury when eaten by livestock. |
| ~ wheat-grass, wheatgrass | a grass of the genus Agropyron. |
| ~ bent-grass, bent grass, bent | grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens. |
| ~ broom grass | any of several grasses of the genus Andropogon; used in broom making. |
| ~ arrhenatherum elatius, evergreen grass, false oat, french rye, tall meadow grass, tall oat grass | coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat; found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows; introduced in North America for forage. |
| ~ brome, bromegrass | any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions. |
| ~ grama, grama grass, gramma, gramma grass | pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America. |
| ~ buchloe dactyloides, buffalo grass | short grass growing on dry plains of central United States (where buffalo roam). |
| ~ reed grass | any of various tall perennial grasses of the genus Calamagrostis having feathery plumes; natives of marshland fens and wet woodlands of temperate northern hemisphere. |
| ~ bur grass, burgrass | a grass of the genus Cenchrus. |
| ~ cenchrus tribuloides, field sandbur, sandbur, sandspur | grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs. |
| ~ finger grass | any grass of the genus Chloris; occurs in short grassland especially on waste ground or poor soils. |
| ~ cortaderia selloana, pampas grass | tall perennial grass of pampas of South America having silvery plumes and growing in large dense clumps. |
| ~ arundo richardii, cortaderia richardii, plumed tussock, toe toe, toetoe | tall grass of New Zealand grown for plumelike flower heads. |
| ~ bahama grass, bermuda grass, cynodon dactylon, devil grass, doob, kweek, scutch grass, star grass | trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India. |
| ~ cynodon plectostachyum, giant star grass | perennial grass having stems 3 to 4 feet high; used especially in Africa and India for pasture and hay. |
| ~ cocksfoot, cockspur, dactylis glomerata, orchard grass | widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass. |
| ~ crab grass, crabgrass, finger grass | grasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest in lawns. |
| ~ lyme grass | a grass of the genus Elymus. |
| ~ wild rye | any of several grasses of the genus Elymus. |
| ~ bay grass, love grass | any of various grasses of the genus Eragrostis; specially useful for forage and for the prevention of erosion. |
| ~ plume grass | a reedlike grass of the genus Erianthus having large plumes. |
| ~ fescue, fescue grass, festuca elatior, meadow fescue | grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns. |
| ~ festuca ovina, sheep's fescue, sheep fescue | cultivated for sheep pasturage in upland regions or used as a lawn grass. |
| ~ silver grass | of Australia and New Zealand. |
| ~ holcus lanatus, velvet grass, yorkshire fog | tall European perennial grass having a velvety stem; naturalized in United States and used for forage. |
| ~ creeping soft grass, holcus mollis | European perennial grass with soft velvety foliage. |
| ~ rye grass, ryegrass | any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses. |
| ~ muhlenbergia schreberi, nimble will, nimblewill | slender branching American grass of some value for grazing in central United States. |
| ~ dallis grass, dallisgrass, paspalum, paspalum dilatatum | tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States. |
| ~ bahia grass, paspalum notatum | perennial tropical American grass used as pasture grass in arid areas of the Gulf States. |
| ~ knotgrass, paspalum distichum | low-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stems. |
| ~ fountain grass, pennisetum ruppelii, pennisetum setaceum | tall perennial ornamental grass with long nodding flower plumes of tropical Africa and Asia. |
| ~ feathertop, feathertop grass, pennistum villosum | northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles. |
| ~ gardener's garters, lady's laces, phalaris arundinacea, reed canary grass, ribbon grass | perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves; Europe and North America. |
| ~ birdseed grass, canary grass, phalaris canariensis | Canary Islands grass; seeds used as feed for caged birds. |
| ~ harding grass, hardinggrass, phalaris aquatica, phalaris tuberosa, toowomba canary grass | perennial grass of Australia and South Africa; introduced in North America as forage grass. |
| ~ herd's grass, phleum pratense, timothy | grass with long cylindrical spikes grown in northern United States and Europe for hay. |
| ~ blue grass, bluegrass | any of various grasses of the genus Poa. |
| ~ meadow grass, meadowgrass | any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture. |
| ~ munj, munja, saccharum bengalense, saccharum munja | tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets. |
| ~ andropogon furcatus, andropogon gerardii, blue stem, bluestem | tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States. |
| ~ cord grass, cordgrass | any of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina; some important as coastal soil binders. |
| ~ drop-seed, dropseed | a grass of the genus Sporobolus. |
| ~ rush-grass, rush grass | grass having wiry stems and sheathed panicles. |
| ~ buffalo grass, st. augustine grass, stenotaphrum secundatum | low mat-forming grass of southern United States and tropical America; grown as a lawn grass. |
| ~ cereal, cereal grass | grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet. |
| ~ zoysia | any of several creeping grasses of the genus Zoysia. |
| n. (person) | 2. grass, gunter grass, gunter wilhelm grass | German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927). |
| ~ author, writer | writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay). |
| n. (person) | 3. grass, supergrass | a police informer who implicates many people. |
| ~ britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland | a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom. |
| ~ betrayer, blabber, informer, squealer, rat | one who reveals confidential information in return for money. |
| n. (food) | 4. eatage, forage, grass, pasturage, pasture | bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle. |
| ~ fodder | coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. dope, gage, grass, green goddess, locoweed, mary jane, pot, sens, sess, skunk, smoke, weed | street names for marijuana. |
| ~ cannabis, ganja, marihuana, marijuana | the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect. |
| v. (competition) | 6. grass | shoot down, of birds. |
| ~ shoot, pip, hit | hit with a missile from a weapon. |
| v. (contact) | 7. grass | cover with grass.; "The owners decided to grass their property" |
| ~ cover | provide with a covering or cause to be covered.; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
| v. (contact) | 8. grass | spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach. |
| ~ spread, unfold, open, spread out | spread out or open from a closed or folded state.; "open the map"; "spread your arms" |
| v. (contact) | 9. grass, grass over | cover with grass. |
| ~ spread over, cover | form a cover over.; "The grass covered the grave" |
| v. (consumption) | 10. grass | feed with grass. |
| ~ pasture, graze, crop | let feed in a field or pasture or meadow. |
| v. (communication) | 11. betray, denounce, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on | give away information about somebody.; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| ~ sell out | give information that compromises others. |
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