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Meaning of "quick grass" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD QUICK GRASS

Scot and northern English variant of couch grass, from the earlier quick living; compare quitch grass.
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PRONUNCIATION OF QUICK GRASS

quick grass play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF QUICK GRASS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Quick grass is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES QUICK GRASS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

quick grass

Elymus repens

Elymus repens, commonly known as couch grass, is a very common perennial species of grass native to most of Europe, Asia, the Arctic biome, and northwest Africa. It has been brought into other mild northern climates for forage or erosion control. Other names include twitch, quick grass, quitch grass, dog grass, quackgrass, scutch grass, and witchgrass.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE QUICK GRASS

quick
quick assets
quick fire
quick fix
quick march
quick money
quick on the uptake
quick one
quick response
quick thinking
quick time
quick trick
quick with child
quick-acting
quick-assembly furniture
quick-change artist
quick-drying
quick-firing
quick-freeze
quick-freezing

WORDS THAT END LIKE QUICK GRASS

beargrass
bent grass
Bermuda grass
bluegrass
brass
buffalo grass
cutting grass
get off the grass
grass
Greengrass
Kentucky bluegrass
lemon grass
meadow grass
pampas grass
rye-grass
snake in the grass
supergrass
switchgrass
tallgrass
turfgrass
wheatgrass

Synonyms and antonyms of quick grass in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «quick grass» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF QUICK GRASS

Find out the translation of quick grass to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of quick grass from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «quick grass» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

草快
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hierba rápida
570 millions of speakers

English

quick grass
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

त्वरित घास
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

العشب سريع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

быстро трава
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

grama rápida
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দ্রুত ঘাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

herbe rapide
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rumput cepat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schnell Gras
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

迅速な草
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

빠른 잔디
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Suket cepet
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

cỏ nhanh chóng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விரைவான புல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जलद गवत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Çabuk çim
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

erba veloce
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szybkie trawy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

швидко трава
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

iarbă rapid
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γρήγορη γρασίδι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kweek
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

snabb gräs
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rask gress
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of quick grass

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «QUICK GRASS»

The term «quick grass» is used very little and occupies the 190.070 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «QUICK GRASS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about quick grass

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUICK GRASS»

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CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific ...
... buffalo quick grass, Cape quick grass, carpet grass, coarse couch grass, coarse quick grass, quick grass, seaside quick grass, seaside quick, couch grass, mission grass, ramsammy grass, lawn grass, crabgrass, salt grass in French: ...
Umberto Quattrocchi, 2006
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CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: ...
in English: buffalo couch, buffalo couch grass, buffalo grass, buffalo quick grass, Cape quick grass, carpet grass, Charlestongrass, coarse couch grass, coarse quick grass, coastal buffalo grass, couch grass, crabgrass, lawn grass, mission ...
Umberto Quattrocchi, 2012
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A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel ...
QUOTIDIAN Quick-grass, л. Knot-grass, dog- wheat, dog's-grass, couch-grass, wheat-grass, twitch -grass, quitch-grass, quickens ( TrUicum repeus). Quick-lime, n. Caustic lime. Quickly, ad. Speedily, swiftly, rapidly, soon, quick, immediately, ...
Richard Soule, 1871
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CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, ...
Rodrigues Island: chiendent bourrique S. secundatum (Walter) Kuntze ( Ischaemum secundatum Walter; Stenotaphrum americanum Schrank) English: buffalo grass, coastal buffalo grass, buffalo quick grass, Cape quick grass, carpet grass, ...
Umberto Quattrocchi, 1999
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Physical Education Tips from the Trenches
A good example is "quick grass," a warm-up activity. The idea of quick grass is similar to quicksand. Divide the class into three groups: Taggers (five students) — they run around trying to tag people Grass cutters (three students) — they try to ...
Charmain Sutherland, 2002
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Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. ...
Land overrun with quick grass, and other root- weeds of the same kind, is frequently laid down in grass, and allowed to continue for some years without being ploughed. This land, when broke up again, if allowed to lie in grass for some years, ...
John Mason Good, Olinthus Gilbert Gregory, 1813
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Pantologia: A New Cyclopaedia, Comprehending a Complete ...
Land over-run with quick grass, and other rootweeds of the same kind, is frequently laid down in grass, and allowed to continue for some years without being ploughed. This land, when broke up again, if allowed to lie in grass for some years, ...
‎1813
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Culpeper's English Physician and Compelete Herbal: To which ...
This difFereth very little from the former, but in the tuft, or panicle, which is more spread into branches, with shorter and broader hulks ; and in the root, which is fuller, greater, and farther spread. 3. The smaller quick-grass with a sparfed tuft, ...
Nicholas Culpeper, Ebenezer Sibly, 1802
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English physician
The smaller quick-grass with a fparfed tuft, gramen caninum^ latiore pamcula minus. This small quick-grass with slender stalks, about half a foot high, with many very narrow leaves, both below and on the stalks j the tuft, or panicle, at the top, ...
Nicholas Culpeper, 1794
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Weeds of the Northern U.S. and Canada: A Guide for ...
Also known as: couch grass, twitch grass, quitch grass, scutch grass, quick grass, shelly- grass, knotgrass, devil's-grass, witchgrass, bluejoint, pondgrass, Colorado bluegrass, false wheat, dog grass, seargrass, quickens, stroll, wickens French ...
France Royer, Richard Dickinson, 1999

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUICK GRASS»

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Monfils, Soaring on the Grass, Will Miss Wimbledon
Even on the quick grass court here at the Gerry Weber Open, which does not allow for much defensive play, Monfils has several times found himself running at ... «New York Times, Jun 13»

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