grass (noun)

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• grass — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ green ▪ coarse, rough, thick ▪ soft ▪ lush ▪ long …   Collocations dictionary

• grass — ► NOUN 1) vegetation consisting of short plants with long narrow leaves, growing wild or cultivated on lawns and pasture. 2) ground covered with grass. 3) informal cannabis. 4) Brit. informal a police informer. ► VERB 1) cover with grass. 2) …   English terms dictionary

• grass snake — noun 1. harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar; common in England • Syn: ↑ring snake, ↑ringed snake, ↑Natrix natrix • Hypernyms: ↑water snake • Hyponyms: ↑viperine grass snake, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• grass court — noun : a lawn tennis court with a playing surface of turf compare hard court * * * an outdoor tennis court having a grass surface. Cf. clay court, hard court. [1880 85] * * * grass court noun A grass covered tennis court • • • Main Entry: ↑grass… …   Useful english dictionary

• grass skirt — noun a skirt made of long blades of grass • Hypernyms: ↑skirt * * * noun : a skirt worn by women of some Pacific islands and made of native grasses or split leaves that hang loosely from a band; also : an imitation of this skirt * * * grass skirt …   Useful english dictionary

• grass tree — noun 1. any of several Australian evergreen perennials having short thick woody stems crowned by a tuft of grasslike foliage and yielding acaroid resins • Syn: ↑Australian grass tree • Hypernyms: ↑arborescent plant • Member Holonyms: ↑Xanthorroea …   Useful english dictionary

• grass roots — noun 1. the essential foundation or source the problem was attacked at the grass roots • Hypernyms: ↑foundation 2. the common people at a local level (as distinguished from the centers of political activity) • Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form …   Useful english dictionary

• grass cloth — noun Etymology: translation of Chinese (Pekingese) hsia4 pu4 : a lustrous, plain, and usually loosely woven textile made chiefly in the Orient from various grass or other vegetable fibers and used chiefly for garments and table linens; especially …   Useful english dictionary

• grass widower — noun a man who is divorced from (or separated from) his wife • Syn: ↑divorced man • Hypernyms: ↑man, ↑adult male * * * noun 1. : a man divorced or separated from his wife 2. : a man whose wife is temporarily …   Useful english dictionary

• grass moth — noun : any of numerous moths of the family Pyralididae including several whose larvae are destructive pests on lawn grasses see grass webworm * * * grass moth noun A small light coloured moth that frequents grass, a veneer moth • • • Main Entry:… …   Useful english dictionary

• grass´i|ness — grass|y «GRAS ee, GRAHS », adjective, grass|i|er, grass|i|est. 1. covered with grass; having much grass: »the grassy carpet of the meadow. 2. of or consisting of grass: »The ph …   Useful english dictionary