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1 grass
grass, US [transcription][gr_s]A n1 ¢ ( wild) herbe f also Agric ; in the grass dans l'herbe ; a blade/a tuft of grass un brin/une touffe d'herbe ; to put out to grass lit, fig hum mettre au vert ;2 ¢ ( lawn) pelouse f ; on the grass sur la pelouse ; keep off the grass! défense de marcher sur les pelouses! ; to mow ou cut the grass tondre la pelouse ;4 Bot c graminée f ;5 ○ ¢ ( marijuana) herbe ○ f ;C vtr1 recouvrir [qch] d'herbe [field] ; gazonner [part of garden] ;2 US Agric donner du fourrage vert à [cattle].the grass is greener (on the other side of the fence) on croit toujours que c'est mieux ailleurs ; he doesn't let the grass grow under his feet il ne laisse pas traîner les choses ; it was so quiet you could hear the grass growing on aurait pu entendre une mouche voler.■ grass over:▶ grass over [sth], grass [sth] over recouvrir [qch] d'herbe [field, road] ; gazonner [area]. -
2 tuft
(a small bunch or clump (of grass, hair, feathers etc): She sat down on a tuft of grass.) touffe- tufted -
3 tuft
tuft [tʌft](a) (of hair, grass) touffe f;∎ tuft of bristles (in paint etc brush) loquet m de soies∎ tuft (of feathers) huppe f, aigrette f
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grass — n. 1) to cut, mow (the) grass 2) high, tall grass 3) a blade; tuft of grass * * * [grɑːs] mow (the) grass tall grass tuft of a blade high to cut … Combinatory dictionary
tuft — [tʌft] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: tufe] a bunch of hair, feathers, grass etc growing or held closely together at their base tuft of ▪ tufts of grass … Dictionary of contemporary English
tuft — [tuft] n. [ME (with unhistoric t) < OFr tufe, prob. < L tufa, a kind of helmet crest] 1. a bunch of hairs, feathers, grass, etc. growing closely together or attached at the base 2. any similar cluster; specif., a) a clump of plants or trees … English World dictionary
Grass tree — (Bot.) (a) An Australian plant of the genus {Xanthorrh[oe]a}, having a thick trunk crowned with a dense tuft of pendulous, grasslike leaves, from the center of which arises a long stem, bearing at its summit a dense flower spike looking somewhat… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tuft — [ tʌft ] noun count several individual pieces of grass, hair, feathers, or fibers that are all growing or joined together at the bottom end: tufts of reddish hair … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
tuft — ► NOUN ▪ a bunch of threads, grass, or hair, held or growing together at the base. DERIVATIVES tufted adjective tufty adjective. ORIGIN probably from Old French tofe … English terms dictionary
grass tree — grass′ tree n. pln any Australian plant of the genus Xanthorrhoea, lily family, having a stout woody stem bearing a tuft of grasslike leaves … From formal English to slang
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 tree — any Australian plant of the genus Xanthorrhoea, of the lily family, having a stout, woody stem bearing a tuft of long grasslike leaves and a dense flower spike. [1795 1805] * * * ▪ plant any plant of the genus Xanthorrhoea of the family… … Universalium
grass — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. lawn, greenery, turf, sod, verdure; marijuana. See vegetable, drugs. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. Wild grasses include: Johnson grass, salt grass, blue grass, beach grass, bent grass, foxtail, sedge, rush,… … English dictionary for students
grass — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ green ▪ coarse, rough, thick ▪ soft ▪ lush ▪ long … Collocations dictionary