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grass(2) (iou)



grass verb. [gr¨»:s] LME.
[from the noun Cf. GRAZE verb1.]
verb trans. & (now rare) intrans. Cover or become covered with grass. LME.
T. Hardy The gardeners were beginning to grass down the front. C. Thubron The vegetable plots...were grassed in years ago.
verb trans. Provide with pasture; (of land) yield enough grass for. Formerly also, graze (cattle etc.). L15.
verb trans. Spread out (flax etc.) on the grass or ground for bleaching. M18.
verb trans. Put down on the grass; esp. knock or bring down, fell (an opponent). E19.
Times In Rugby football..players were not tackled but grassed.
b. Bring (a fish) to bank; bring down (game) by a shot. M19.
verb intrans. Printing. Of a compositor: do casual work. L19.
verb trans. & intrans. (with on). Betray (someone); inform the police about (someone). slang. M20.
J. R. Ackerley So it looked bad for me, like as if I'd grassed 'im. F. Dhondy The Kray brothers hired a tank to attack a lad that grassed on them.
grassed adjective (a) covered with grass; (b) Golf (of a club or driver) with a slightly filed-back face: LME.
grasser noun (slang) = GRASS noun 6 M20.
grassing noun (a) the action of the verb; an instance of such action; (b) Scot. the privilege of grazing in a particular place; the place for grazing or cutting turfs: E16.