GRASS
What does "GRASS" mean?
A low green plant with narrow leaves that covers lawns, fields, and meadows.
Meanings
- Vegetation with narrow leaves growing from the base, forming lawns and pasture. The children rolled down the hill through the wet grass.
- Any plant of the large family Poaceae, including cereals, bamboo, and reeds. Wheat, rice, and corn are all grasses. technical
- Cannabis; marijuana. He was caught with a bag of grass. informal
- To inform on someone to the authorities. Nobody trusted him after he grassed on his mates. informal
Did you know?
- Wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, and bamboo are all grasses — the family Poaceae feeds most of humanity and includes the fastest-growing plant known.
Word origin
From Old English 'græs', from Proto-Germanic '*grasą', related to 'grow' and 'green' through the same root meaning to sprout.
Remember it
GRASS has two S's standing up like blades side by side.
A little poem
Mowed flat by Sunday-
by Friday it has forgotten
the blade entirely.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why did the lawn feel insulted? Everyone kept walking all over it.
What it teaches
What gets cut low keeps growing back; resilience is rooted lower than any blade can reach.
Quick facts
What does GRASS mean?
A low green plant with narrow leaves that covers lawns, fields, and meadows.
Is GRASS a valid word?
Yes — GRASS is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is GRASS?
GRASS has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does GRASS come from?
From Old English 'græs', from Proto-Germanic '*grasą', related to 'grow' and 'green' through the same root meaning to sprout.
What can GRASS teach us?
What gets cut low keeps growing back; resilience is rooted lower than any blade can reach.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.