| slovo | definícia |
grass
(mass) | grass
- tráva, marihuana, zatrávniť, kŕmiť trávou |
grass
(encz) | grass,tráva |
grass
(encz) | grass,travina n: Zdeněk Brož |
grass
(encz) | grass,trávník n: |
Grass
(gcide) | Grass \Grass\ (gr[.a]s), n. [OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, gr[ae]s,
g[ae]rs; akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., &
Goth. gras, Dan. gr[ae]s, Sw. gr[aum]s, and prob. to E.
green, grow. Cf. Graze.]
1. Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute the food
of cattle and other beasts; pasture.
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2. (Bot.) An endogenous plant having simple leaves, a stem
generally jointed and tubular, the husks or glumes in
pairs, and the seed single.
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Note: This definition includes wheat, rye, oats, barley,
etc., and excludes clover and some other plants which
are commonly called by the name of grass. The grasses
form a numerous family of plants.
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3. The season of fresh grass; spring. [Colloq.]
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Two years old next grass. --Latham.
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4. Metaphorically used for what is transitory.
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Surely the people is grass. --Is. xl. 7.
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5. Marijuana. [Slang]
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Note: The following list includes most of the grasses of the
United States of special interest, except cereals. Many
of these terms will be found with definitions in the
Vocabulary. See Illustrations in Appendix. Barnyard
grass, for hay. South. Panicum Grus-galli. Bent,
pasture and hay. Agrostis, several species. Bermuda
grass, pasture. South. Cynodon Dactylon. Black bent.
Same as Switch grass (below). Blue bent, hay. North
and West. Andropogon provincialis. Blue grass,
pasture. Poa compressa. Blue joint, hay. Northwest.
Aqropyrum glaucum. Buffalo grass, grazing. Rocky
Mts., etc.
(a) Buchlo["e] dectyloides.
(b) Same as Grama grass (below). Bunch grass, grazing.
Far West. Eriocoma, Festuca, Stips, etc. Chess,
or Cheat, a weed. Bromus secalinus, etc. Couch
grass. Same as Quick grass (below). Crab grass,
(a) Hay, in South. A weed, in North. Panicum sanguinale.
(b) Pasture and hay. South. Eleusine Indica. Darnel
(a) Bearded, a noxious weed. Lolium temulentum.
(b) Common. Same as Rye grass (below). Drop seed, fair
for forage and hay. Muhlenbergia, several species.
English grass. Same as Redtop (below). Fowl meadow
grass.
(a) Pasture and hay. Poa serotina.
(b) Hay, on moist land. Gryceria nervata. Gama grass,
cut fodder. South. Tripsacum dactyloides. Grama
grass, grazing. West and Pacific slope. {Bouteloua
oligostachya}, etc. Great bunch grass, pasture and
hay. Far West. Festuca scabrella. Guinea grass, hay.
South. Panicum jumentorum. Herd's grass, in New
England Timothy, in Pennsylvania and South Redtop.
Indian grass. Same as Wood grass (below). Italian
rye grass, forage and hay. Lolium Italicum. Johnson
grass, grazing and hay. South and Southwest. {Sorghum
Halepense}. Kentucky blue grass, pasture. {Poa
pratensis}. Lyme grass, coarse hay. South. Elymus,
several species. Manna grass, pasture and hay.
Glyceria, several species. Meadow fescue, pasture
and hay. Festuca elatior. Meadow foxtail, pasture,
hay, lawn. North. Alopecurus pratensis. Meadow
grass, pasture, hay, lawn. Poa, several species.
Mesquite grass, or Muskit grass. Same as Grama grass
(above). Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed.
Muhlenbergia diffsa. Orchard grass, pasture and hay.
Dactylis glomerata. Porcupine grass, troublesome to
sheep. Northwest. Stipa spartea. Quaking grass,
ornamental. Briza media and maxima. Quitch, or
Quick, grass, etc., a weed. Agropyrum repens. Ray
grass. Same as Rye grass (below). Redtop, pasture
and hay. Agrostis vulgaris. Red-topped buffalo
grass, forage. Northwest. Poa tenuifolia. Reed
canary grass, of slight value. Phalaris arundinacea.
Reed meadow grass, hay. North. Glyceria aquatica.
Ribbon grass, a striped leaved form of {Reed canary
grass}. Rye grass, pasture, hay. Lolium perenne,
var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work, etc. North.
Hierochloa borealis. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native
in Northern Europe and Asia. Festuca ovina. Small
reed grass, meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia
Canadensis}. Spear grass, Same as Meadow grass
(above). Squirrel-tail grass, troublesome to animals.
Seacoast and Northwest. Hordeum jubatum. Switch
grass, hay, cut young. Panicum virgatum. Timothy,
cut young, the best of hay. North. Phleum pratense.
Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus
lanatus}. Vernal grass, pasture, hay, lawn.
Anthoxanthum odoratum. Wire grass, valuable in
pastures. Poa compressa. Wood grass, Indian grass,
hay. Chrysopogon nutans.
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Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
true grasses botanically considered, such as black
grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
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Black grass, a kind of small rush (Juncus Gerardi),
growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
Grass of the Andes, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
avenaceum} of Europe.
Grass of Parnassus, a plant of the genus Parnassia
growing in wet ground. The European species is {Parnassia
palustris}; in the United States there are several
species.
Grass bass (Zool.), the calico bass.
Grass bird, the dunlin.
Grass cloth, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
grass-cloth plant.
Grass-cloth plant, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
(B[oe]hmeria nivea syn. Urtica nivea), which grows in
Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
Grass finch. (Zool.)
(a) A common American sparrow ({Po["o]c[ae]tes
gramineus}); -- called also vesper sparrow and
bay-winged bunting.
(b) Any Australian finch, of the genus Po["e]phila, of
which several species are known.
Grass lamb, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
and giving rich milk.
Grass land, land kept in grass and not tilled.
Grass moth (Zool.), one of many small moths of the genus
Crambus, found in grass.
Grass oil, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
India from grasses of the genus Andropogon, etc.; --
used in perfumery under the name of citronella, {ginger
grass oil}, lemon grass oil, essence of verbena etc.
Grass owl (Zool.), a South African owl (Strix Capensis).
Grass parrakeet (Zool.), any of several species of
Australian parrots, of the genus Euphemia; -- also
applied to the zebra parrakeet.
Grass plover (Zool.), the upland or field plover.
Grass poly (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
Crass quit (Zool.), one of several tropical American
finches of the genus Euetheia. The males have most of
the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
Grass snake. (Zool.)
(a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
natrix}).
(b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
See Green snake, under Green.
Grass snipe (Zool.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
maculata}); -- called also jacksnipe in America.
Grass spider (Zool.), a common spider (Agelena n[ae]via),
which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous when covered
with dew.
Grass sponge (Zool.), an inferior kind of commercial sponge
from Florida and the Bahamas.
Grass table. (Arch.) See Earth table, under Earth.
Grass vetch (Bot.), a vetch (Lathyrus Nissolia), with
narrow grasslike leaves.
Grass widow. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[aum]senka a grass widow.]
(a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
(b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
husband. [Slang.]
Grass wrack (Bot.) eelgrass.
To bring to grass (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
surface of the ground.
To put to grass, To put out to grass, to put out to graze
a season, as cattle.
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Grass
(gcide) | Grass \Grass\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grassed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Grassing.]
1. To cover with grass or with turf.
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2. To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc.
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3. To bring to the grass or ground; to land; as, to grass a
fish. [Colloq.]
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Grass
(gcide) | Grass \Grass\, v. i.
To produce grass. [R.] --Tusser.
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grass
(wn) | grass
n 1: narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as
pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
2: German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927)
[syn: Grass, Gunter Grass, Gunter Wilhelm Grass]
3: a police informer who implicates many people [syn:
supergrass, grass]
4: bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses
or cattle [syn: eatage, forage, pasture, pasturage,
grass]
5: street names for marijuana [syn: pot, grass, {green
goddess}, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke,
skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane]
v 1: shoot down, of birds
2: cover with grass; "The owners decided to grass their
property"
3: spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach
4: cover with grass [syn: grass, grass over]
5: feed with grass
6: give away information about somebody; "He told on his
classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: denounce,
tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit,
shop, snitch, stag] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
bluegrass
(mass) | bluegrass
- bluegrass |
grass roots
(mass) | grass roots
- vidiek |
grassroots
(mass) | grassroots
- základ |
sparrow grass
(mass) | sparrow grass
- chren |
bluegrass
(msas) | bluegrass
- bluegrass |
bluegrass
(msasasci) | bluegrass
- bluegrass |
bluegrass
(encz) | bluegrass,bluegrass n: Zdeněk Brož |
carpet grass
(encz) | carpet grass, n: |
cereal grass
(encz) | cereal grass, n: |
cheatgrass
(encz) | cheatgrass, n: |
china grass
(encz) | China grass, |
cloud grass
(encz) | cloud grass, n: |
common cotton grass
(encz) | common cotton grass, n: |
common scurvy grass
(encz) | common scurvy grass, n: |
cord grass
(encz) | cord grass, n: |
cordgrass
(encz) | cordgrass, n: |
cotton grass
(encz) | cotton grass, n: |
couch grass
(encz) | couch grass, n: |
crab grass
(encz) | crab grass, n: |
crabgrass
(encz) | crabgrass,druh trávy Zdeněk Brož |
creeping bentgrass
(encz) | creeping bentgrass, n: |
creeping soft grass
(encz) | creeping soft grass, n: |
creeping windmill grass
(encz) | creeping windmill grass, n: |
crested wheat grass
(encz) | crested wheat grass, n: |
crested wheatgrass
(encz) | crested wheatgrass, n: |
crowfoot grass
(encz) | crowfoot grass, n: |
curly grass
(encz) | curly grass, n: |
curly grass fern
(encz) | curly grass fern, n: |
dallis grass
(encz) | dallis grass, n: |
dallisgrass
(encz) | dallisgrass, n: |
darnel ryegrass
(encz) | Darnel ryegrass,Jílek mámivý n: [bot.] lat. Lolium temulentum Michal
Ambrož |
deer grass
(encz) | deer grass, n: |
devil grass
(encz) | devil grass, n: |
dog grass
(encz) | dog grass, n: |
downy bromegrass
(encz) | downy bromegrass, n: |
eelgrass
(encz) | eelgrass,druh vodní rostliny Zdeněk Brož |
eelgrass family
(encz) | eelgrass family, n: |
evergreen grass
(encz) | evergreen grass, n: |
fairway crested wheat grass
(encz) | fairway crested wheat grass, n: |
feather reed grass
(encz) | feather reed grass, n: |
feathertop grass
(encz) | feathertop grass, n: |
fescue grass
(encz) | fescue grass, n: |
finger grass
(encz) | finger grass, n: |
fountain grass
(encz) | fountain grass, n: |
foxtail grass
(encz) | foxtail grass, n: |
freshwater cordgrass
(encz) | freshwater cordgrass, n: |
fringed grass of parnassus
(encz) | fringed grass of Parnassus, n: |
giant ryegrass
(encz) | giant ryegrass, n: |
giant star grass
(encz) | giant star grass, n: |
glaucous bristlegrass
(encz) | glaucous bristlegrass, n: |
goat grass
(encz) | goat grass, n: |
goose grass
(encz) | goose grass, n: |
grama grass
(encz) | grama grass, n: |
gramma grass
(encz) | gramma grass, n: |
grass bacillus
(encz) | grass bacillus, n: |
grass family
(encz) | grass family, n: |
grass fern
(encz) | grass fern, n: |
grass finch
(encz) | grass finch, n: |
grass frog
(encz) | grass frog, n: |
grass over
(encz) | grass over, v: |
grass parakeet
(encz) | grass parakeet, n: |
grass pea
(encz) | grass pea, n: |
grass pink
(encz) | grass pink, n: |
grass poly
(encz) | grass poly, n: |
grass roots
(encz) | grass roots,venkov [amer.] Pavel Cvrčekgrass roots,venkované [amer.] Pavel Cvrček |
grass skirt
(encz) | grass skirt, n: |
grass snake
(encz) | grass snake,užovka n: [zoo.] Ritchie |
grass tree
(encz) | grass tree, n: |
grass tree family
(encz) | grass tree family, n: |
grass vetch
(encz) | grass vetch, n: |
grass vetchling
(encz) | grass vetchling, n: |
grass weed
(encz) | grass weed,trávy n: Zdeněk Brož |
grass widow
(encz) | grass widow,slaměná vdova n: Zdeněk Brož |
grass widower
(encz) | grass widower, n: |
grass wrack
(encz) | grass wrack, n: |
grass-covered
(encz) | grass-covered, adj: |
grass-eating
(encz) | grass-eating, adj: |
grass-leaved golden aster
(encz) | grass-leaved golden aster, n: |
grass-of-parnassus
(encz) | grass-of-Parnassus, n: |
grass-roots
(encz) | grass-roots, |
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