grass

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Scientific names 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 See also 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 2 Romansch 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old English græs, from Proto-Germanic, from the same Proto-Indo-European root as grow and green.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: gräs, IPA: /ɡɹɑːs/, SAMPA: /grA:s/

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  Rhymes: -ɑːs

• (northern England, US) enPR: grăs, IPA: /ɡɹæs/, SAMPA: /gr{s/

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  Rhymes: -æs

[edit] Noun

grass (countable and uncountable; plural grasses)

1. (countable, uncountable) Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem, wrap around it for a distance, and leave, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.
2. A lawn.
3. (slang, uncountable) Marijuana.
4. (slang) An informer, police informer; one who betrays a group (of criminals, etc) to the authorities.
5. (physics) Sharp, closely spaced discontinuities in the trace of a cathode-ray tube, produced by random interference.
6. (slang) Noise on an A-scope or similar type of radar display.

[edit] Scientific names

• family Poaceae
• family Gramineae (alternative name)

[edit] Derived terms

grasshopper grass widow grassy

lemongrass ryegrass supergrass

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• Poaceae on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Poaceae

[edit] Verb

to grass (third-person singular simple present grasses, present participle grassing, simple past and past participle grassed)

1. (transitive) To lay out on the grass; to knock down (an opponent etc.).
   • 1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Naval Treaty’, Norton 2005, p.709:

     He flew at me with his knife, and I had to grass him twice, and got a cut over the knuckles, before I had the upper hand of him.

2. (transitive or intransitive, slang) To act as a grass or informer, to betray; to report on (criminals etc) to the authorities.

[edit] Translations

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[edit] Romansch

[edit] Etymology

From Latin crassus. Compare French graisse.

[edit] Noun

grass m.

1. fat