grass
Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.
Noun 4 meanings
Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.
Any of the various plants that are not in the family Poaceae that resemble grasses.
A lawn.
The outside world, especially in the phrase "touch grass".
Verb 4 meanings
To lay out on the grass; to knock down (an opponent etc.).
To cover with grass or with turf.
To feed with grass.
To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English gras, from Old English græs, from Proto-West Germanic *gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą (“grass”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”).
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GRASS at a glance
GRASS has 5 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (G 2 + R 1 + A 1 + S 1 + S 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,686 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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