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grass

[ɡɹ̠äːs]

When referring to the green plants in a yard, 'grass' is usually an uncountable noun. You don't typically say 'the grasses' unless you are talking about different species of plants. The verb meaning 'to inform on someone' is primarily used in British English and is considered informal slang.

💬Casual Conversation

🎬Tuesday afternoon, Chloe is in the library while Ryan is at home gaming.

Chloe Smith

I've been staring at this screen for 8 hours. I need to touch grass.

Ryan

bet. the backyard is looking pretty green today.

💡

Chloe uses the internet slang idiom 'touch grass', which means to disconnect from the digital world and return to reality. Ryan, being oblivious and literal, responds by commenting on the actual physical state of the lawn in their yard.

Meanings

noun

Vegetation consisting of short plants with narrow leaves, typical of lawns, prairies, or pastures.

"The cows are grazing on the lush green grass."

verb (transitive)

To inform on someone to a person in authority; to betray.

"He decided to grass on his accomplices to get a shorter sentence."

Examples

The grass is looking really green after that rain.

I just love lying in the grass on summer days.

Who let the dog run through the freshly mown grass?

I swear, if you grass on me, we are finished!

Look at this grass, it is absolutely perfect for a wedding!

You're really going to grass on your own brother, huh?

Wait, did he actually grass to the cops already?

The grass is just too long in the backyard now.

Related Words

lawn

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