grass

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grass
ɡrɑːs Listen
Meanings
noun
  • vegetation consisting of typically short plants with long, narrow leaves, growing wild or cultivated on lawns and pasture, and as a fodder crop.
  • a mainly herbaceous plant with jointed stems and spikes of small wind-pollinated flowers, predominant in grass.
  • cannabis.
  • a police informer.
verb
  • cover (an area of ground) with grass.
    E.g. the railway tracks were mostly grassed over
  • inform the police of someone's criminal activities or plans.
    E.g. someone had grassed on the thieves
  • catch and bring (a fish) to the riverbank.
    E.g. anglers grassed 294 trout
  • knock (someone) down.

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