grass
noun
[ ɡrɑːs ]
• vegetation consisting of typically short plants with long, narrow leaves, growing wild or cultivated on lawns and pasture, and as a fodder crop.
Similar:
turf,
greenery,
green,
sod,
lawn,
field,
pasture,
meadow,
grassland,
grasslands,
blades of grass,
veld,
sward,
mead,
lea,
• a mainly herbaceous plant with jointed stems and spikes of small wind-pollinated flowers, predominant in grass.
• cannabis.
• a police informer.
Similar:
informer,
mole,
stool pigeon,
snitch,
snout,
stoolie,
whistle-blower,
snake in the grass,
rat,
scab,
nose,
nark,
supergrass,
fink,
grass
verb
• cover (an area of ground) with grass.
• "the railway tracks were mostly grassed over"
Similar:
cover with grass,
grass over,
turf,
lay grass on,
• inform the police of someone's criminal activities or plans.
• "someone had grassed on the thieves"
Similar:
inform,
tell,
give away,
betray,
denounce,
sell out,
be a Judas to,
blow the whistle,
rat,
peach,
squeal,
squeak,
tell tales about,
spill the beans about,
sell down the river,
sneak,
shop,
stitch up,
do the dirty,
split,
grass up,
drop a/the dime,
finger,
rat out,
job,
dob,
pimp,
pool,
shelf,
put someone's pot on,
point the bone at,
tout,
delate,
Opposite:
keep quiet about,
protect,
• catch and bring (a fish) to the riverbank.
• "anglers grassed 294 trout"
• knock (someone) down.
Origin:
Old English græs, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gras, German Gras, also ultimately to green and grow.
at grass
• grazing.
• "the mare will be out at grass during the day"
