grass
1. grass \'gras\ \-.land\ \-.li-k\ \-.pla:t\ n [ME gras, fr. OE grs;
akin to OHG gras grass, OE ] often attrib gro-wan to grow 1: herbage
suitable or used for grazing animals 2: any of a large family (Gramineae)
of monocotyledonous mostly herbaceous plants with jointed stems, slender
sheathing leaves, and flowers borne in spikelets of bracts 3: land on which
grass in grown {keep off the ~} 4: a leaf or plant of grass - used only in
pl. 5: a state or place of retirement 6: electronic noise on a radarscope
that takes the form of vertical lines r esembling lawn grass - grass.land n
2. grass vt 1: to feed (livestock) on grass sometimes without grain or
other concentra tes 2: to cover with grass; esp : to seed to grass : to
produce grass