Search results for 'grass':

grass noun (grasses) 1 any of a family of flowering plants (eg cereals, bamboos, etc) that typically have long narrow leaves with parallel veins, a jointed upright hollow stem and flowers (with no petals) borne alternately on both sides of an axis. 2 an area planted with or growing such plants, eg a lawn or meadow. 3 lawn or pasture. 4 slang marijuana. 5 slang someone who betrays someone else, especially to the police. verb (grassed, grassing) 1 to plant something with grass or turf. 2 to feed (animals) with grass; to provide pasture for them. 3 intrans, slang (often grass on someone or grass someone up) to inform on them, especially to the police. let the grass grow under one's feet to delay or waste time. put (an animal or a person) out to grass 1 to give a life of grazing to (eg an old racehorse). 2 colloq to put (eg a worker) into retirement.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon gærs, græs.