grass in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
grass in Malayalam മലയാളം
grass in Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
grass in English
- grass⇄adj. grasslike.
- grass⇄expr. at grass,
a. out to pasture.
Ex. Lost at grass ... a bay gelding (London Gazette).
b. out of work; at leisure.
Ex. When I have been at grass in the summer and am new come up [to town] again (John Dryden). - grass⇄expr. go to grass,
a. to graze; go to pasture.
Ex. The sturdy steed now goes to grass, and up they hang his saddle (Beaumont and Fletcher).
b. (Slang.) to go into retirement; resticate (often used contemptuously in the imperative). - grass⇄expr. let the grass grow under one's feet, to waste time; lose chances.
Ex. [He] was not a man who ever let the grass grow under his feet (Edna Lyall). - grass⇄expr. put (send, or turn out) to grass,
a. to turn (an animal) out to pasture.
Ex. Our guides unharnessed our elks and turn'd them to grass (P.M. de la Martiniere).
b. (Informal.) to dismiss (a person) from a position; force out.grass⇄grass (1), noun, verb.grass⇄grass (2), intransitive verb.
(British Slang.) to inform against someone; turn informer.grass⇄noun 1. the plants with green blades that cover fields, lawns, and pastures. Horses, cows, and sheep eat grass.
(SYN) herbage.
2. (Botany.) any one of a group of plants that have jointed stems and long, narrow leaves; a plant of the grass fgrass⇄v.i. 1. to feed on growing grass; graze.
Ex. The horses had been left grassing at a short remove (Charles Cornwallis).
2. to produce grass; become covered with grass.grass⇄v.t. 1. to cover with grass.
Ex. Asked about complaints that Central Park is not so naturally lovely or so well grassed as it used to be ... (New York Times).
2. to feed (cattle) with grass.
3. to lay out (flax) on grass for the purpo