Grass \Grass\ (gr[.a]s), n. [OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, gr[ae]s, g[ae]rs; akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., & Goth. gras, Dan. gr[ae]s, Sw. gr[aum]s, and prob. to E. green, grow. Cf. Graze.]

1. Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute the food of cattle and other beasts; pasture. [1913 Webster]

2. (Bot.) An endogenous plant having simple leaves, a stem generally jointed and tubular, the husks or glumes in pairs, and the seed single. [1913 Webster]

Note: This definition includes wheat, rye, oats, barley, etc., and excludes clover and some other plants which are commonly called by the name of grass. The grasses form a numerous family of plants. [1913 Webster]

3. The season of fresh grass; spring. [Colloq.]

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Two years old next grass. --Latham. [1913 Webster]

4. Metaphorically used for what is transitory. [1913 Webster]

Surely the people is grass. --Is. xl. 7. [1913 Webster]

5. Marijuana. [Slang] [PJC]

Note: The following list includes most of the grasses of the United States of special interest, except cereals. Many of these terms will be found with definitions in the Vocabulary. See Illustrations in Appendix.

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Grass \Grass\, v. i. To produce grass. [R.]

--Tusser. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Grass \Grass\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grassed; p. pr. & vb. n. Grassing.]

1. To cover with grass or with turf. [1913 Webster]

2. To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc. [1913 Webster]

3. To bring to the grass or ground; to land; as, to grass a fish. [Colloq.]

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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

grass

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Ray grass \Ray" grass`\, [Etymol. of ray is uncertain.]

(Bot.) A perennial European grass (Lolium perenne); -- called also rye grass, and red darnel. See Darnel, and Grass.

Italian ray, or rye, grass. See Darnel, and Grass.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Grass \Grass\, n. [OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, gr[ae]s, g[ae]rs; akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., & Goth. gras, Dan. gr[ae]s, Sw. gr[aum]s, and prob. to E. green, grow. Cf. Graze.]

1. Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute the food of cattle and other beasts; pasture.

2. (Bot.) An endogenous plant having simple leaves, a stem generally jointed and tubular, the husks or glumes in pairs, and the seed single.

Note: This definition includes wheat, rye, oats, barley, etc., and excludes clover and some other plants which are commonly called by the name of grass. The grasses form a numerous family of plants.

3. The season of fresh grass; spring. [Colloq.]

Two years old next grass. --Latham.

4. Metaphorically used for what is transitory.

Surely the people is grass. --Is. xl. 7.

Note: The following list includes most of the grasses of the United States of special interest, except cereals. Many of these terms will be found with definitions in the Vocabulary. See Illustrations in Appendix.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Grass \Grass\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grassed; p. pr. & vb. n. Grassing.]

1. To cover with grass or with turf.

2. To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc.

3. To bring to the grass or ground; to land; as, to grass a fish. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Grass \Grass\, v. i. To produce grass. [R.]

--Tusser.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)