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English Idioms :: grass
grass - See: LET GRASS GROW UNDER ONE'S FEET, SNAKE IN THE GRASS.
Traditional English :: grass
grass - n. & v.
--n.
    1 a vegetation belonging to a group of small plants with green blades that are eaten by cattle, horses, sheep, etc. b any species of this. c any plant of the family Gramineae, which includes cereals, reeds, and bamboos.
    2 pasture land.
    3 grass-covered ground, a lawn (keep off the grass).
    4 grazing (out to grass; be at grass).
    5 sl. marijuana.
    6 Brit. sl. an informer, esp. a police informer.
    7 the earth's surface above a mine; the pit-head.
    8 sl. asparagus.
--v.
    1 tr. cover with turf.
    2 tr. US provide with pasture.
    3 Brit. sl. a tr. betray, esp. to the police. b intr. inform the police.
    4 tr. knock down; fell (an opponent).
    5 tr. a bring (a fish) to the bank. b bring down (a bird) by a shot.
    at grass out of work, on holiday, etc. grass bird Austral. any of various warblers, esp. of the genus Megalurus, living among reeds. grass-box a receptacle for cut grass on a lawnmower. grass-cloth a linen-like cloth woven from ramie etc. grass court a grass-covered lawn-tennis court. grass of Parnassus a herbaceous plant, Parnassia palustris. grass parakeet Austral. a parakeet, esp. of the genus Neophema, frequenting grassland. grass roots 1 a fundamental level or source.
    2 ordinary people, esp. as voters; the rank and file of an organization, esp. a political party. grass skirt a skirt made of long grass and leaves fastened to a waistband. grass snake 1 Brit. the common ringed snake, Natrix natrix.
    2 US the common greensnake, Opheodrys vernalis. grass tree = BLACKBOY. grass widow (or widower) a person whose husband (or wife) is away for a prolonged period. grass-wrack eel-grass. not let the grass grow under one's feet be quick to act or to seize an opportunity.
    grassless adj. grasslike adj. [OE grós f. Gmc, rel. to GREEN, GROW]
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