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Meaning of 'grass' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Grass [ n.]
- Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute the food of cattle and other beasts; pasture.
- An endogenous plant having simple leaves, a stem generally jointed and tubular, the husks or glumes in pairs, and the seed single.
- The season of fresh grass; spring.
- Metaphorically used for what is transitory.
2 . Grass [ v. i.]
- To produce grass.
3 . Grass [ v. t.]
- To cover with grass or with turf.
- To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc.
- To bring to the grass or ground; to land; as, to grass a fish.

Meaning of 'grass' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . grass [ v]
Meaning (1):
- give away information about somebody
Example in sentence:
  • He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam
Meaning (2):
- cover with grass
Example in sentence:
  • The owners decided to grass their property
Meaning (3):
- cover with grass
Example in sentence:
  • The owners decided to grass their property

Nearby Words:

graafian graal graaper grab grabbed grabber grabbing grabble grabbled grabbling

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