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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Scientific names 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 See also 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 2 Romansch 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun

[ English

[ Etymology

Old English græs, from Germanic, from the same Proto-Indo-European root as grow and green.

[ Pronunciation

• enPR: grăs, IPA: /grɑːs/, SAMPA: /grA:s/ (RP)
• enPR: grăs, IPA: /græs/, SAMPA: /gr{s/ (US)
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  Rhymes: -ɑːs

[ Noun

grass (countable and uncountable; plural grasses)

1. (countable, uncountable) Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem, wrap around it for a distance, and leave, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.
2. A lawn.
3. (slang, uncountable) Marijuana.
4. (slang) An informer, police informer; one who betrays a group (of criminals, etc) to the authorities.

[ Scientific names

• family Poaceae
• family Gramineae (alternative name)

[ Derived terms

grasshopper grass widow grassy

lemongrass ryegrass supergrass

[ Translations

ground cover plant

Albanian: bar sq(sq) m. Arabic: حَشيش ar(ar) (ħashísh) m. Bosnian: trava bs(bs) f. Breton: geot c., geotenn f. sg. CJKV Characters: 艸; 草 Catalan: herba f. Chinese: 草 (căo), 青草 (qīng cǎo) Croatian: trava hr(hr) f. Czech: tráva cs(cs) f. Dutch: gras nl(nl) n. Esperanto: herbo eo(eo) Faroese: gras fo(fo) n. Finnish: heinä fi(fi), ruoho fi(fi) French: herbe fr(fr) f. German: Gras de(de) n. Guaraní: ka'a Hebrew: דשא (déshe) m. Hungarian: fű hu(hu) Icelandic: gras is(is) n. Indonesian: rumput id(id) Interlingua: herba Italian: erba f., graminacea f. Japanese: 草 (くさ, kusa) Korean: 풀 (pul)

Kurdish: گیا Lakota: peji Latvian: zāle lv(lv) f. Lithuanian: žolė lt(lt) f. Norwegian: gress n. Polish: trawa pl(pl) f. Portuguese: erva pt(pt) f., grama pt(pt) f., relva pt(pt) f. Romanian: iarbă ro(ro) f. Russian: трава ru(ru) (travá) f. Sardinian: erba f. Serbian: Cyrillic: трава f. Roman: trava f. Slovak: tráva sk(sk) f. Slovene: trava sl(sl) f. Spanish: pasto es(es) m., hierba es(es) f., grama es(es) f. Swedish: gräs sv(sv) n. Tok Pisin: gras Tupinambá: ka'a Turkish: ot [-tu] Volapük: yeb Welsh: glaswellt cy(cy) m. West Frisian: gers fy(fy) c.

lawn

Arabic: حَشيش ar(ar) m. Breton: geot c. geotenn f. sg., leton c. letonenn f. sg., glazenn f. Czech: trávník cs(cs) m. Finnish: nurmi fi(fi), nurmikko fi(fi), ruoho fi(fi) French: pelouse fr(fr) f., gazon fr(fr) m. German: Rasen de(de) m. Guaraní: ka'a Interlingua: herba Italian: prato it(it) m. Japanese: 芝生 (しばふ, shibafu)

Lithuanian: žolė lt(lt) f. Polish: trawnik pl(pl) m. Portuguese: erva f., gramado m., relvado m. Russian: газон m. (gazón) Slovene: trata sl(sl) f. Spanish: hierba es(es) f., césped es(es) m. Swedish: gräs sv(sv) Tok Pisin: gras Tupinambá: ka'a Welsh: lawnt f.

marijuana

Breton: struj m. Czech: tráva cs(cs) f. Dutch: wiet m. Finnish: ruoho fi(fi), pilvi fi(fi) French: herbe fr(fr) f. German: Gras de(de) n. Interlingua: herba Italian: erba it(it) f. Lakota: peji

Latvian: zāle lv(lv) f. Lithuanian: žolė lt(lt) f. Polish: trawka f. Portuguese: erva pt(pt) f., mato pt(pt) m. Russian: травка f. (trávka) Slovene: trava sl(sl) f. Spanish: hierba es(es) f., mota es(es) f. Swedish: gräs sv(sv)

informer

Finnish: vasikka fi(fi) Interlingua: delator, informante Italian: spia it(it) f., delatore it(it) m.

Polish: kapuś pl(pl) m. Portuguese: dedo-duro m., alcagüete m. Russian: стукач m. (stukač)

[ See also

• Wikispecies has an article on “Poaceae”. Wikispecies: Poaceae

[ Verb

Infinitive to grass

Third person singular grasses

Simple past grassed

Past participle grassed

Present participle grassing

to grass (third-person singular simple present grasses, present participle grassing, simple past and past participle grassed)

1. (transitive) To lay out on the grass; to knock down (an opponent etc.).
   • 1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Naval Treaty’, Norton 2005, p.709:

     He flew at me with his knife, and I had to grass him twice, and got a cut over the knuckles, before I had the upper hand of him.

2. (transitive or intransitive, slang) To act as a grass or informer, to betray; to report on (criminals etc) to thee authorities.

[ Translations

to inform on

Finnish: vasikoida fi(fi) French: moucharder fr(fr)

Interlingua: facer le delation Portuguese: delatar, dedurar, alcagüetar

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[ Romansch

[ Etymology

Latin crassus. Compare French graisse.

[ Noun

grass m.

1. fat