| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  gr s |
| NOUN: | 1a. The grass family. b. The members of the grass family considered as a group. 2. Any of various plants having slender leaves characteristic of the grass family. 3. An expanse of ground, such as a lawn, covered with grass or similar plants. 4. Grazing land; pasture. 5. Slang Marijuana. 6. Electronics Small variations in amplitude of an oscilloscope display caused by electrical noise. | | VERB: | Inflected forms: grassed, grass·ing, grass·es
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1a. To cover with grass. b. To grow grass on. 2. To feed (livestock) with grass. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To become covered with grass. 2. To graze. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English gras, from Old English græs. See ghr - in Appendix I.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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