Grass
noun
A common plant with thin green leaves that grows out of the ground.
The grass is very green in the park.
Often appears as...
- green grass
- grass field
noun
Illegal drugs like marijuana.
He was caught selling grass to students.
Often appears as...
- smoke grass
- selling grass
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
verb
Tell the police or authorities about someone's illegal activities.
He decided to grass on his friends to the police.
Often appears as...
- grass someone up
- grass on someone
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A pitch, especially one used for rugby or football.
They played a tough game on the grass today.
Often appears as...
- cut the grass
- play on the grass
noun
A common plant with thin green leaves that grows out of the ground.
The grass is very green in the park.
Often appears as...
- green grass
- grass field
noun
Illegal drugs like marijuana.
He was caught selling grass to students.
Often appears as...
- smoke grass
- selling grass
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
verb
Tell the police or authorities about someone's illegal activities.
He decided to grass on his friends to the police.
Often appears as...
- grass someone up
- grass on someone
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A pitch, especially one used for rugby or football.
They played a tough game on the grass today.
Often appears as...
- cut the grass
- play on the grass
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Landscape Element
Grass is a basic element in nature, often seen in yards, parks, and countryside.
Children love playing on the soft grass in the summer.
Pro Tip 2/3Sports Settings
Grass fields are common in outdoor sports, requiring specific shoes for traction.
The soccer team practiced on the grass despite the rain.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphors
"The grass is always greener on the other side" is a saying about contentment.
Stop comparing your life; the grass isn't always greener elsewhere.
Pro Tip 1/3Landscape Element
Grass is a basic element in nature, often seen in yards, parks, and countryside.
Children love playing on the soft grass in the summer.
Pro Tip 2/3Sports Settings
Grass fields are common in outdoor sports, requiring specific shoes for traction.
The soccer team practiced on the grass despite the rain.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphors
"The grass is always greener on the other side" is a saying about contentment.
Stop comparing your life; the grass isn't always greener elsewhere.
Pro Tip 1/3Landscape Element
Grass is a basic element in nature, often seen in yards, parks, and countryside.
Children love playing on the soft grass in the summer.
Pro Tip 2/3Sports Settings
Grass fields are common in outdoor sports, requiring specific shoes for traction.
The soccer team practiced on the grass despite the rain.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphors
"The grass is always greener on the other side" is a saying about contentment.
Stop comparing your life; the grass isn't always greener elsewhere.
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Fatal Encounter with...
He drove us a bit closer to have a look. Looking through binoculars, we could see she was pregnant and it was soon clear she was going to give birth. Herbivores time their births to coincide with the rains, as there's then much more lush grass to eat to raise their young. By all giving birth around the same time, there's less chance of your offspring being the one to get eaten by a predator.
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Why do people have...
Ah, spring. Grass growing, flowers blooming, trees growing new leaves, but if you get allergies, this explosion of new life probably inspires more dread than joy. Step outside, and within minutes, you're sneezing and congested. Your nose is running,
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David Mackay: A reality...
So here's a Imagine if we said, "Oh yes, we can get off fossil fuels. We'll use biofuels. Problem solved. Transport ... We don't need oil anymore." Well, what if we grew the biofuels for a road on the grass verge at the edge of the road?
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Fire and Feast PIPE A...
this surge of life from the ashes feeds the next generation the new shoots are rich in essential minerals for nursing moms and plenty of grass means plenty of milk in just three weeks half a million wildebeest calves are born in the
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Protect the Grass, Save...
important inputs for the long-term sustainability for the community I mean there will be more water there'll be less degradation but when this conserved like this and they can get more benefits they can take the grass once per two
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Adorable Baby Animal...
and now they come out here and it's like wow big world grass wind rain snow you know coyote in the distance so it's it's that next step their mum has been in one of these pens before and quickly gives her new
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Beautiful Butterfly...
and eventually emerges as one of britain's rarest butterflies ants are vital to the butterfly but if the grass is too long they move out so without sheep to keep the grass short there'd be no ants
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How to rebuild the world...
in our diets means that throughout the history of civilization humanity has thrived by eating grass no different from our cows and our sheep cereal crops evolved as fast-growing species of grass
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10 Million Subscribers,...
support you really are one in a million or one in 10 million they're setting off on the greatest overland trek made by any animal but wherever grass eaters travel predators lie in wait
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200 Hippos Cause Mayhem...
and the grasses they depend on will soon wither and die most hippos have headed north following their all-important water
Video examples
Fatal Encounter with...
He drove us a bit closer to have a look. Looking through binoculars, we could see she was pregnant and it was soon clear she was going to give birth. Herbivores time their births to coincide with the rains, as there's then much more lush grass to eat to raise their young. By all giving birth around the same time, there's less chance of your offspring being the one to get eaten by a predator.
Video examples
Why do people have...
Ah, spring. Grass growing, flowers blooming, trees growing new leaves, but if you get allergies, this explosion of new life probably inspires more dread than joy. Step outside, and within minutes, you're sneezing and congested. Your nose is running,
Video examples
David Mackay: A reality...
So here's a Imagine if we said, "Oh yes, we can get off fossil fuels. We'll use biofuels. Problem solved. Transport ... We don't need oil anymore." Well, what if we grew the biofuels for a road on the grass verge at the edge of the road?
Video examples
Fire and Feast PIPE A...
this surge of life from the ashes feeds the next generation the new shoots are rich in essential minerals for nursing moms and plenty of grass means plenty of milk in just three weeks half a million wildebeest calves are born in the
Video examples
Protect the Grass, Save...
important inputs for the long-term sustainability for the community I mean there will be more water there'll be less degradation but when this conserved like this and they can get more benefits they can take the grass once per two
Video examples
Adorable Baby Animal...
and now they come out here and it's like wow big world grass wind rain snow you know coyote in the distance so it's it's that next step their mum has been in one of these pens before and quickly gives her new
Video examples
Beautiful Butterfly...
and eventually emerges as one of britain's rarest butterflies ants are vital to the butterfly but if the grass is too long they move out so without sheep to keep the grass short there'd be no ants
Video examples
How to rebuild the world...
in our diets means that throughout the history of civilization humanity has thrived by eating grass no different from our cows and our sheep cereal crops evolved as fast-growing species of grass
Video examples
10 Million Subscribers,...
support you really are one in a million or one in 10 million they're setting off on the greatest overland trek made by any animal but wherever grass eaters travel predators lie in wait
Video examples
200 Hippos Cause Mayhem...
and the grasses they depend on will soon wither and die most hippos have headed north following their all-important water
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Quote examples
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
French Athlete
When you have the ball above the net height on grass, it's easier to play, and when the ball comes at you more slowly, it's easier to play. But when a guy hits hard and deep, I think you have to have been out there playing to understand, but it's hard to really hit the ball.
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Roy Romer
American Politician
I do think there is something to be said for those who have significant experience at state level and have run campaigns or have been deeply involved in grass roots political campaigns and who have actual hands-on experience.
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Drew Barrymore
American Actress
I've always said that one night, I'm going to find myself in some field somewhere, I'm standing on grass, and it's raining, and I'm with the person I love, and I know I'm at the very point I've been dreaming of getting to.
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Toru Takemitsu
Japanese Composer
The art music of the West has developed through out its history by means of individual geniuses, and out of the soil supporting them; non-Western musicians were born, and grew like the grasses of the field.
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Jane Campion
New Zealander Director
There are some things that are real, that you can see, that you can observe, like the moon, and grass and things. But for ideas to become real, they have to be played on your senses.
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Marat Safin
Russian Athlete
I pass through the difficult moments in life, really difficult times on grass, during my seven years of my career. All of a sudden I felt comfortable.
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Jim Rash
American Actor
I think what's cool about a body-switching movie is, 'The grass is always greener:' the idea that someone else has a better life than I do.
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Casper Van Dien
American Actor
Green is my favorite. And it's my favorite because it's the color of my wife's eyes, grass, trees, life, and money, and mother earth!
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Garbine Muguruza
Spanish Athlete
With time, I've got more used to grass, and I think my style of game helps.
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Ernie Els
South African Golfer
Playing from deep grass is a fact of life in professional golf.
Quote examples
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
French Athlete
When you have the ball above the net height on grass, it's easier to play, and when the ball comes at you more slowly, it's easier to play. But when a guy hits hard and deep, I think you have to have been out there playing to understand, but it's hard to really hit the ball.
Quote examples
Roy Romer
American Politician
I do think there is something to be said for those who have significant experience at state level and have run campaigns or have been deeply involved in grass roots political campaigns and who have actual hands-on experience.
Quote examples
Drew Barrymore
American Actress
I've always said that one night, I'm going to find myself in some field somewhere, I'm standing on grass, and it's raining, and I'm with the person I love, and I know I'm at the very point I've been dreaming of getting to.
Quote examples
Toru Takemitsu
Japanese Composer
The art music of the West has developed through out its history by means of individual geniuses, and out of the soil supporting them; non-Western musicians were born, and grew like the grasses of the field.
Quote examples
Jane Campion
New Zealander Director
There are some things that are real, that you can see, that you can observe, like the moon, and grass and things. But for ideas to become real, they have to be played on your senses.
Quote examples
Marat Safin
Russian Athlete
I pass through the difficult moments in life, really difficult times on grass, during my seven years of my career. All of a sudden I felt comfortable.
Quote examples
Jim Rash
American Actor
I think what's cool about a body-switching movie is, 'The grass is always greener:' the idea that someone else has a better life than I do.
Quote examples
Casper Van Dien
American Actor
Green is my favorite. And it's my favorite because it's the color of my wife's eyes, grass, trees, life, and money, and mother earth!
Quote examples
Garbine Muguruza
Spanish Athlete
With time, I've got more used to grass, and I think my style of game helps.
Quote examples
Ernie Els
South African Golfer
Playing from deep grass is a fact of life in professional golf.
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