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grass

ˈgras 1 syllable common

  1. noun. herbage suitable or used for grazing animals

    • keep off the grass
    • the horse had never won on grass
  2. noun. any of a large family (Gramineae synonym Poaceae) of monocotyledonous mostly herbaceous plants with jointed stems, slender sheathing leaves, and flowers borne in spikelets of bracts

    • put out to grass
  3. noun. land (such as a lawn or a turf racetrack) covered with growing grass

  4. verb. to feed (livestock) on grass sometimes without grain or other concentrates

  5. verb. to cover with grass; especially: to seed to grass

  6. verb. to produce grass

Origin

Middle English gras, from Old English græs; akin to Old High German gras grass, Old English grōwan to grow.

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