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grassing

grass
G g

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [gras, grahs]
    • /græs, grɑs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [gras, grahs]
    • /græs, grɑs/

Definitions of grassing word

  • noun grassing any plant of the family Gramineae, having jointed stems, sheathing leaves, and seedlike grains. Compare grass family. 1
  • noun grassing such plants collectively, as when cultivated in lawns or used as pasture for grazing animals or cut and dried as hay. 1
  • noun grassing the grass-covered ground. 1
  • noun grassing pasture: Half the farm is grass. 1
  • noun grassing Slang. marijuana. 1
  • noun grassing grasses, stalks or sprays of grass: filled with dried grasses. 1

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Origin of grassing

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English gras, Old English græs; cognate with Dutch, German, Old Norse, Gothic gras; akin to grow, green

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Grassing

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

grassing popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

grassing usage trend in Literature

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