ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GRASS
Old English græs; related to Old Norse, Gothic, Old High German gras, Middle High German gruose sap.
Definition of grass in the English dictionary
The first definition of grass in the dictionary is any monocotyledonous plant of the family Poaceae, having jointed stems sheathed by long narrow leaves, flowers in spikes, and seedlike fruits. The family includes cereals, bamboo, etc. Other definition of grass is such plants collectively, in a lawn, meadow, etc related adjectives gramineous verdant. Grass is also any similar plant, such as knotgrass, deergrass, or scurvy grass.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GRASS
PRESENT
Present
I grass
you grass
he/she/it grasses
we grass
you grass
they grass
Present continuous
I am grassing
you are grassing
he/she/it is grassing
we are grassing
you are grassing
they are grassing
Present perfect
I have grassed
you have grassed
he/she/it has grassed
we have grassed
you have grassed
they have grassed
Present perfect continuous
I have been grassing
you have been grassing
he/she/it has been grassing
we have been grassing
you have been grassing
they have been grassing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I grassed
you grassed
he/she/it grassed
we grassed
you grassed
they grassed
Past continuous
I was grassing
you were grassing
he/she/it was grassing
we were grassing
you were grassing
they were grassing
Past perfect
I had grassed
you had grassed
he/she/it had grassed
we had grassed
you had grassed
they had grassed
Past perfect continuous
I had been grassing
you had been grassing
he/she/it had been grassing
we had been grassing
you had been grassing
they had been grassing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will grass
you will grass
he/she/it will grass
we will grass
you will grass
they will grass
Future continuous
I will be grassing
you will be grassing
he/she/it will be grassing
we will be grassing
you will be grassing
they will be grassing
Future perfect
I will have grassed
you will have grassed
he/she/it will have grassed
we will have grassed
you will have grassed
they will have grassed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been grassing
you will have been grassing
he/she/it will have been grassing
we will have been grassing
you will have been grassing
they will have been grassing
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would grass
you would grass
he/she/it would grass
we would grass
you would grass
they would grass
Conditional continuous
I would be grassing
you would be grassing
he/she/it would be grassing
we would be grassing
you would be grassing
they would be grassing
Conditional perfect
I would have grass
you would have grass
he/she/it would have grass
we would have grass
you would have grass
they would have grass
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been grassing
you would have been grassing
he/she/it would have been grassing
we would have been grassing
you would have been grassing
they would have been grassing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you grass
we let´s grass
you grass
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
grassing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRASS»
The term «grass» is very widely used and occupies the
6.097 position in our list of most widely used terms in the
English dictionary.
FREQUENCY
Very widely used
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10 QUOTES WITH «GRASS»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
grass.
When kids can't afford to see it anymore maybe we'll have a whole resurgence of garage bands all over America and this New Wave thing will start to mean something on a grass roots level.
The grass is a very big challenge for me. There are these low bounces and different movements, which is very difficult, especially for my height and weight. When the surfaces change, and I start to play on grass, I start to feel it in the lower back and the lower hamstring.
I loved England's gentility and its civility. I'm from the Bronx, with a Bronx accent. I love the beauty of its language, the ways it's spoken. I love the green grass of England and the flowers.
I like to play golf. I like to cut my own grass.
How many colours are there in a field of grass to the crawling baby unaware of 'green'? How many rainbows can light create for the untutored eye?
Dad played with me a great deal, as dads should do, and our chief sport was baseball. He bought me a hardball when I was three years old, and he used to sit in a rocker on the front porch while I sat on the grass in the yard, and we'd play catch by the hour.
Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country.
I can't sit on grass without a blanket.
Don't sit and wish for some ideal; the grass is not always greener with the big house and cars and artwork.
I love the long grass coming up to meet the willows.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRASS»
Discover the use of
grass in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
grass and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
What could be more commonplace than grass, or a world covered over all its surface with a wind-whipped ocean of grass? But the planet Grass conceals horrifying secrets within its endless pastures.
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Open Source GIS: A
GRASS GIS Approach
With this third edition of Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach, we enter the new era of GRASS6, the first release that includes substantial new code developed by the International GRASS Development Team.
Markus Neteler, Helena Mitasova, 2007
3
Eating
Grass: The Making of the Pakistani Bomb
Written by a 30-year professional in the Pakistani Army who played a senior role formulating and advocating Pakistan's security policy on nuclear and conventional arms control, this book tells the compelling story of how and why Pakistan's ...
Grass Productivity is a prodigiously documented textbook of scientific information concerning every aspect of management "where the cow and grass meet.
This murder story features a Rhodesian farmer's wife and her houseboy.
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Avoiding the Greener
Grass Syndrome: How to Grow ...
Based on the principle that the grass is always greener where it's watered, this book focuses on how to grow a beautiful marriage in your own backyard by establishing six protective "hedges" around it. "[Nancy] has a delightful way of ...
7
Lost in the River of
Grass
When two Florida teenagers become stranded on a tiny island in the Everglades, they attempt to walk ten miles through swampland to reach civilization.
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The Everglades: River of
Grass
Before 1947, when Marjory Stoneman Douglas named the Everglades a "river of grass," most people considered the area worthless. She brought the world's attention to the need to preserve the Everglades.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas, 2007
THE STORY: Good looking, a star athlete, and son of the richest man in town, Bud Stamper is the prize catch in his high-school class, and Deanie Loomis is the girl lucky enough to get him.
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Death in the Long
Grass: A Big Game Hunter's Adventures in ...
Based on Capstick's own experiences and the personal accounts of his colleagues, Death in the Long Grass portrays the great killers of the African bush-- not only the lion, leopard, and elephant, but the primitive rhino and the crocodile ...
Peter Hathaway Capstick, 1978
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRASS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
grass is used in the context of the following news items.
K-State farm grows buffalo grass test plots
“The prime time is coming to an end to get warm season grass in” the ground, said Jason Riegel, water conservation specialist for Hays. «Hays Daily News, Jul 15»
Boise State's blue turf temporarily gives way to green grass
La Liga rules require a grass field for Bilbao, so the artificial surface had to be covered up. (Ask the teams from the Women's World Cup about ... «FOXSports.com, Jul 15»
Southwest Airlines plane stuck in grass after Richmond landing
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — A Southwest Airlines plane ran off the runway and got stuck in the grass while taxiing after landing at Richmond ... «wtvr.com, Jul 15»
Native grass the right choice at Sunset
My hat is tipped to the committee that is maintaining Sunset Memorial Gardens. The decision to cultivate buffalo grass in the cemetery was a ... «Journal Advocate, Jul 15»
Trains halted by smoke from grass fire in West Sacramento
A fire in West Sacramento flared up enough for Union Pacific to halt all train traffic through the area because of poor visibility. «KCRA Sacramento, Jul 15»
Family: Woman Attacked Outside Grass Valley Church Recovering …
GRASS VALLEY (CBS13) – Family says the woman attacked and carjacked outside of a Grass Valley church is recovering. Greg Tassone ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
Detroit church, site of Malcolm X's “Message to the Grass Roots …
King Solomon Baptist Church in Detroit, the place where Malcolm X delivered his 1963 “Message to the Grass Roots” address, has been added ... «atlantadailyworld, Jul 15»
Grass fire burns 9 acres in American Canyon
The call for the fire came at 7:12 p.m., and the blaze appears to have started from the rear of 179 South Napa Junction, the American Canyon ... «Napa Valley Register, Jul 15»
NSW producers told winter is the time to plan against grass seeds in …
The department is reminding producers that winter is the time to plan strategies to keep flocks free of grass seed contamination and help ... «Sheep Central, Jul 15»
Displaced South Sudanese 'forced to eat grass' to survive
People from South Sudan are being driven to starvation as a result of ongoing conflict – according to a Catholic charity which carried out a ... «Catholic Herald Online, Jul 15»
