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English

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Grass.

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishgras, fromOld Englishgræs, fromProto-West Germanic*gras, fromProto-Germanic*grasą(“grass”), fromProto-Indo-European*gʰreh₁-(“to grow”).

Cognates

Cognate withScotsgress(“grass”),North Frisiangaars,geers,Gērs,gjars,gjas,gäärs(“grass”),Saterland FrisianGäärs(“grass”),West Frisiangers(“grass”),Cimbriangras,grass(“grass”),German andLuxembourgishGras(“grass, weed”),Dutchgras(“grass, turf, pasture”),Mòcheno andVilamoviangros(“grass”),West Flemishges(“grass”),Yiddishגראָז(groz,“grass”),Danishgræs(“grass”),Faroese,Icelandic, andNorwegian Nynorskgras(“grass”),Norwegian Bokmålgras,gress(“grass”),Swedishgräs(“grass”),Gothic𐌲𐍂𐌰𐍃(gras,“herb”); alsoLatinherba(“plant, weed, grass”),Albaniangrath(“grass blade, spike”). Related togrow,green.

The "informer" sense is probably a shortening ofgrasshopper(“police officer, informant”), rhyming slang forcopper(“police officer”) orshopper(“informant”); the exact sequence of derivation is unclear.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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grass (countable anduncountable,pluralgrasses)

  1. (countable, uncountable) Anyplant of thefamilyPoaceae, characterized byleaves that arise fromnodes in thestem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown asground cover rather than forgrain.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:grass
    • 1611,The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […],→OCLC,Psalms90:3–6:
      Thou turnest man to destruction: and sayest, Returne yee children of men. / For a thousand yeeres in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past: and as a watch in the night. / Thou carriest them away as with a flood, they are as a sleepe: in the morning they are likegrasse which groweth vp. / In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth vp: in the euening it is cut downe, and withereth.
    • a.1823 (date written),Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Hymn of Pan”, inMary W[ollstonecraft] Shelley, editor,Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley, London: […] [C. H. Reynell] forJohn and Henry L[eigh] Hunt, […], published1824,→OCLC,page169:
      The cicale above in the lime, / And the lizards below in thegrass, / Were as silent as ever old Tmolus was, / Listening to my sweet pipings.
    • 1913,Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, inMr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London:D[aniel] Appleton and Company,→OCLC:
      'Twas early June, the newgrass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.
  2. (countable) Any of the various plants that are not in the familyPoaceae that resemble grasses.
  3. (uncountable) Alawn.
  4. (uncountable) Theoutside world, especially in the phrase "touch grass".
  5. (uncountable, slang)Marijuana.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:marijuana
    • 1970, Paul McCartney, “Get Back”, inLet It Be, performed by The Beatles:
      Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona / For some Californiagrass
  7. (countable, British, slang) Aninformer, police informer; one who betrays a group (of criminals, etc) to the authorities.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:informant
    What just happened must remain secret. Don't be agrass.
    • 2007, Paul Knight,Coding of a Concrete Animal, page215:
      He was agrass and an arse lick and he didn't do it for him, he did it for his brother, because if Vaughan had hit him especially with his mallet, Mark was the kind of lowlife that would have pressed charges and then that's a whole different problem.
    • 2023 June 29,Metro, London, page 4, column 1:
      Another claimed a £10,000 bounty was put on his head as he was rumoured to be a “grass”.
  8. (uncountable, physics) Sharp, closely spaceddiscontinuities in thetrace of acathode-ray tube, produced by randominterference.
  9. (uncountable, slang)Noise on an A-scope or similar type ofradar display.
    • 1960,Radarman 3 & 2, volume 1, United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel, page49:
      The problem in radar detection is to have a signal to noise ratio that will allow the echo to be seen through thegrass on the radar screen. The use of a long pulse allows a greater average signal strength to be returned in the target echoes.
    • 1963,Analysis of Weapons, page61:
      Some of the scattered waves can be picked up by the receiver and may show up as "grass" on the radar presentation. Weather radars make use of this phenomenon to chart the progress of storms.
  10. (countable, uncountable) The season of fresh grass;spring orsummer.
    Synonyms:breakup,spring,springtime
  11. (countable, obsolete, figurative) That which istransitory.
    Synonym:ephemera
  12. (countable, folk etymology)Asparagus; "sparrowgrass".
  13. (countable, mining) Thesurface of amine.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Translations

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ground cover plant
lawn—see alsolawn
marijuana
informer

See also

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Verb

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grass (third-person singular simple presentgrasses,present participlegrassing,simple past and past participlegrassed)

  1. (transitive) Tolay out on the grass; toknock down (an opponent etc.).
    Synonyms:flatten,floor,lay low,lay out,knock down,knock out,knock over,strike down
    • 1846 October 1 –1848 April 1,Charles Dickens,Dombey and Son, London:Bradbury and Evans, […], published1848,→OCLC:
      The Chicken himself attributed this punishment to his having had the misfortune to get into Chancery early in the proceedings, when he was severely fibbed by the Larkey one, and heavilygrassed.
    • 1893, Arthur Conan Doyle,The Naval Treaty, Norton, published2005, page709:
      He flew at me with his knife, and I had tograss 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 orinformer, tobetray; to report on (criminals etc) to the authorities.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:rat out
    • 1962 [1959],William S. Burroughs,Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press,page 2:
      "Grassed on me he did," I said morosely. (Note: Grass is English thief slang for inform.)[sic]
    • 2004, David Nobbs,Sex and Other Changes‎[1], page95:
      "I'm dressed as a woman, but I am still technically a man. I believe that to comply with the law of the land I ought to continue to use theGents', but in order not to look out place I intend to use theLadies' from now on. I trust none of you willgrass on me..."
  3. (transitive) To cover with grass or withturf.
  4. (transitive) Tofeed with grass.
  5. (transitive) To expose, asflax, on the grass forbleaching, etc.
  6. (transitive) To bring to the grass or ground; toland.
    • 1903,John Buchan,The African Colony:
      Let him hook and land a tigerfish of 20 lb., at the imminent risk of capsizing and joining the company of the engaging crocodiles, or, when he hasgrassed the fish, of having a finger bitten off by his iron teeth[…]
    • 2011, Deeanne Gist,Love on the Line, page138:
      In typical Necker style, the farmer walked to the line and mounted his gun without any shilly-shally. If hegrassed the bird, he and Faurote would go into a shootout. If he missed, Faurote would win.

Derived terms

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Translations

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to inform on
To cover with grass or with turf

Cimbrian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromMiddle High Germangras, fromOld High Germangras, fromProto-West Germanic*gras, fromProto-Germanic*grasą. Cognate withGermanGras,Englishgrass.

Noun

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grass m

  1. (Luserna, Tredici Comuni)grass

References

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Lombard

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Etymology

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FromLate Latincrassus. CompareItaliangrasso.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡras/
    • IPA(key): [ɡras] (Eastern, Western)
    • IPA(key): [ɡraʰ] (Brescian, Bergamasque)

Adjective

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grass m (masculine pluralgrass,feminine singulargrassa,feminine pluralgrasse)

  1. fat,thick

Noun

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grass

  1. fat,grease

Romansh

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Etymology

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FromLatincrassus. CompareFrenchgraisse.

Noun

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grass m

  1. fat
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