any plant of the family Gramineae, having jointed stems, sheathing leaves, and seedlike grains. Compare grass family .

such plants collectively, as when cultivated in lawns or used as pasture for grazing animals or cut and dried as hay.

the grass-covered ground.

pasture

Half the farm is grass.

Slang . marijuana.

grasses, stalks or sprays of grass

filled with dried grasses.

the season of the new growth of grass.

to cover with grass or turf.

to feed with growing grass; pasture.

to lay (something) on the grass, as for the purpose of bleaching.

to feed on growing grass; graze.

to produce grass; become covered with grass. ?

go to grass

to retire from one's occupation or profession

Many executives lack a sense of purpose after they have gone to grass.

let the grass grow under one's feet, to delay action, progress

etc.; become slack in one's efforts.

noun

barley , grama , hay , meadow , pasture , sod , turf , verdure , divot , esplanade , greensward , hassock , herbage , lawn , pasturage , prairie , sedge , steppe , sward , swath , tuffet , tussock