- any plant of the family Gramineae, having jointed stems, sheathing leaves, and seedlike grains.
- such plants collectively, as when cultivated in lawns or used as pasture for grazing animals or cut and dried as hay.
- the grass-covered ground.
- pasture: Half the farm is grass.
- marijuana.
- stalks or sprays of grass: filled with dried grasses.
- the season of the new growth of grass.
- to cover with grass or turf.
- to feed with growing grass; pasture.
- to lay (something) on the grass, as for the purpose of bleaching.
- to feed on growing grass; graze.
- to produce grass; become covered with grass.
- to retire from one's occupation or profession: Many executives lack a sense of purpose after they have gone to grass.
- to delay action, progress, etc.; become slack in one's efforts.
- German novelist, poet, and playwright.
- any monocotyledonous plant of the family Poaceae (formerly Gramineae), having jointed stems sheathed by long narrow leaves, flowers in spikes, and seedlike fruits. The family includes cereals, bamboo, etc
- such plants collectively, in a lawn, meadow, etc
- any similar plant, such as knotgrass, deergrass, or scurvy grass
- ground on which such plants grow; a lawn, field, etc
- ground on which animals are grazed; pasture
- a slang word for marijuana
- a person who informs, esp on criminals
- short for sparrowgrass
- an exclamation of disbelief
- to squander time or opportunity
- put out to grass
- to retire (a racehorse)
- to retire (a person)
- to cover or become covered with grass
- to feed or be fed with grass
- to spread (cloth) out on grass for drying or bleaching in the sun
- to knock or bring down (an opponent)
- to shoot down (a bird)
- to land (a fish) on a river bank
- to inform, esp to the police
- Günter (Wilhelm) (ˈɡyntər). born 1927, German novelist, dramatist, and poet. His novels include The Tin Drum (1959), Dog Years (1963), The Rat (1986), Crabwalk (2002), and Peeling the Onion (2007). Nobel prize for literature 1999
