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	grass (grass) Pronunciation: /grɑːs/ noun 1 [mass noun] vegetation consisting of typically short plants with long, narrow leaves, growing wild or cultivated on lawns and pasture, and as a fodder crop. ground covered with grass. pasture land: the farms were mostly given over to grass 2a mainly herbaceous plant with jointed stems and spikes of small wind-pollinated flowers, predominant in grass. 3 [mass noun] informal cannabis. 4British informal a police informer. [perhaps related to the 19th-century rhyming slang grasshopper 'copper'] verb [with object] 1cover (an area of ground) with grass: the railway tracks were mostly grassed over US feed (livestock) on grass. 2British informal inform the police of someone’s criminal activities or plans: [no object]: someone had grassed on* the thieves* [with object]: she threatened to grass* me up* 3catch and bring (a fish) to the riverbank: anglers grassed 294 trout 4chiefly Rugby & Australian Rules knock (someone) down. Phrases at grass grazing: the mare will be out at grass during the day the grass is always greener on the other side (of the fence) proverb other people’s lives or situations always seem better than your own. not let the grass grow under one's feet not delay in acting or taking an opportunity. put out to grass put (an animal) out to graze. informal force (someone) to retire. Derivatives grassless adjective grass-like adjective Origin: Old English græs, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gras, German Gras, also ultimately to green and grow		Search results in the dictionary Grass, Günter grass pea grass ski oat grass beach grass bunch grass More results » Nearby Words grappa Grappelli, Stephane grapple grappling hook graptolite GRAS Grasmere grasp grasping grass grass carp grass court grass of Parnassus grass parrot grass pea grass roots grass sickness grass ski grass skirt