grass

grass
grass [gras, gräs]
n.
[ME gras < OE gærs, græs, akin to Ger gras < IE * ghrō-, GROW]
1. any of various plants of the grass family that are usually used for food, fodder, or grazing and as lawns
2. any grasslike plant of various families having similar uses
3. ground covered with grass; pasture land or lawn
4. [from the visual resemblance to blades of grass] horizontal lines of clutter on a radarscope caused by electronic noise signals
☆ 5. Slang marijuanamarijuana
6. [short for grasshopper, rhyming slang for COPPER2] [Brit. Slang] Brit. Slang an informer; stool pigeon
adj.
designating a family (Poaceae, order Cyperales) of monocotyledonous plants with long, narrow leaves, jointed stems, flowers in spikelets, and seedlike fruit, including wheat, rye, barley, oats, corn, sugar cane, bamboo, sorghum, and bluegrass
vt.
1. to put (an animal or animals) out to pasture or graze
2. to grow grass over; cover with grass
3. to lay (textiles, etc.) on the grass for bleaching by the sun
4. [Brit. Slang] to inform against, as to the police
vi.
1. to become covered with grass
2. [Brit. Slang] to act as an informer; inform ( on)
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go to grass
1. to graze
2. Chiefly Brit. to rest or retire
☆ 3. go to the devil!
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let the grass grow under one's feet
to waste one's time or neglect one's opportunities
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put out to grass
Chiefly Brit. PUT OUT TO PASTURE (see phrase under PASTURE)
grasslike
adj.

English World dictionary. . 2014.

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