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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