grass

1. Narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns;
   Used as pasture for grazing animals;
   Cut and dried as hay (synset 112122650)
   is a type of: graminaceous plant, gramineous plant - cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves
   subtypes:

   • beach grass - tough grasses with strong roots that can grow on exposed sandy shores
   • bunch grass, bunchgrass - any of various grasses of many genera that grow in tufts or clumps rather than forming a sod or mat; chiefly of western United States
   • midgrass - any of various grasses of moderate height which covered the undisturbed prairie in the United States; includes most of the forage grasses of the temperate zone
   • short-grass, shortgrass - any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions; common on the dry upland plains just east of the Rocky Mountains
   • sword grass - any of various grasses or sedges having sword-shaped leaves with sharp edges
   • tall-grass, tallgrass - any of various grasses that are tall and that flourish with abundant moisture
   • lemon grass, lemongrass - a tropical grass native to India and Sri Lanka
   • aegilops triuncalis, goat grass - European grass naturalized as a weed in North America; sharp-pointed seeds cause injury when eaten by livestock
   • wheat-grass, wheatgrass - a grass of the genus Agropyron
   • bent, bent grass, bent-grass - grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens
   • broom grass - any of several grasses of the genus Andropogon; used in broom making
   • arrhenatherum elatius, evergreen grass, false oat, french rye, tall meadow grass, tall oat grass - coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat; found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows; introduced in North America for forage
   • brome, bromegrass - any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions
   • grama, grama grass, gramma, gramma grass - pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America
   • buchloe dactyloides, buffalo grass - short grass growing on dry plains of central United States (where buffalo roam)
   • reed grass - any of various tall perennial grasses of the genus Calamagrostis having feathery plumes; natives of marshland fens and wet woodlands of temperate northern hemisphere
   • bur grass, burgrass - a grass of the genus Cenchrus
   • cenchrus tribuloides, field sandbur, sandbur, sandspur - grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs
   • finger grass - any grass of the genus Chloris; occurs in short grassland especially on waste ground or poor soils
   • cortaderia selloana, pampas grass - tall perennial grass of pampas of South America having silvery plumes and growing in large dense clumps
   • arundo richardii, cortaderia richardii, plumed tussock, toe toe, toetoe - tall grass of New Zealand grown for plumelike flower heads
   • bahama grass, bermuda grass, cynodon dactylon, devil grass, doob, kweek, scutch grass, star grass - trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India
   • cynodon plectostachyum, giant star grass - perennial grass having stems 3 to 4 feet high; used especially in Africa and India for pasture and hay
   • cocksfoot, cockspur, dactylis glomerata, orchard grass - widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass
   • crab grass, crabgrass, finger grass - grasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest in lawns
   • lyme grass - a grass of the genus Elymus
   • wild rye - any of several grasses of the genus Elymus
   • bay grass, love grass - any of various grasses of the genus Eragrostis; specially useful for forage and for the prevention of erosion
   • plume grass - a reedlike grass of the genus Erianthus having large plumes
   • fescue, fescue grass, festuca elatior, meadow fescue - grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns
   • festuca ovina, sheep fescue, sheep's fescue - cultivated for sheep pasturage in upland regions or used as a lawn grass
   • silver grass - of Australia and New Zealand
   • holcus lanatus, velvet grass, yorkshire fog - tall European perennial grass having a velvety stem; naturalized in United States and used for forage
   • creeping soft grass, holcus mollis - European perennial grass with soft velvety foliage
   • rye grass, ryegrass - any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses
   • muhlenbergia schreberi, nimble will, nimblewill - slender branching American grass of some value for grazing in central United States
   • dallis grass, dallisgrass, paspalum, paspalum dilatatum - tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States
   • bahia grass, paspalum notatum - perennial tropical American grass used as pasture grass in arid areas of the Gulf States
   • knotgrass, paspalum distichum - low-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stems
   • fountain grass, pennisetum ruppelii, pennisetum setaceum - tall perennial ornamental grass with long nodding flower plumes of tropical Africa and Asia
   • feathertop, feathertop grass, pennistum villosum - northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles
   • gardener's garters, lady's laces, phalaris arundinacea, reed canary grass, ribbon grass - perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves; Europe and North America
   • birdseed grass, canary grass, phalaris canariensis - Canary Islands grass; seeds used as feed for caged birds
   • harding grass, hardinggrass, phalaris aquatica, phalaris tuberosa, toowomba canary grass - perennial grass of Australia and South Africa; introduced in North America as forage grass
   • herd's grass, phleum pratense, timothy - grass with long cylindrical spikes grown in northern United States and Europe for hay
   • blue grass, bluegrass - any of various grasses of the genus Poa
   • meadow grass, meadowgrass - any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture
   • munj, munja, saccharum bengalense, saccharum munja - tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets
   • andropogon furcatus, andropogon gerardii, blue stem, bluestem - tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States
   • cord grass, cordgrass - any of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina; some important as coastal soil binders
   • drop-seed, dropseed - a grass of the genus Sporobolus
   • rush grass, rush-grass - grass having wiry stems and sheathed panicles
   • buffalo grass, st. augustine grass, stenotaphrum secundatum - low mat-forming grass of southern United States and tropical America; grown as a lawn grass
   • cereal, cereal grass - grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
   • zoysia - any of several creeping grasses of the genus Zoysia
2. German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927) (synset 111032149)
   is an instance of: author, writer - writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
   same as: gunter grass, gunter wilhelm grass
3. A police informer who implicates many people (synset 110694920)
   domain region: britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
   is a type of: betrayer, blabber, informer, rat, squealer - one who reveals confidential information in return for money
   same as: supergrass
4. Bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle (synset 107817067)
   is a type of: fodder - coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
   same as: eatage, forage, pasturage, pasture
5. Street names for marijuana (synset 103997192)
   is a type of: cannabis, ganja, marihuana, marijuana - the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect
   same as: dope, gage, green goddess, locoweed, mary jane, pot, sens, sess, skunk, smoke, weed

1. Shoot down, of birds (synset 201139481)
   is a type of: hit, pip, shoot - hit with a missile from a weapon
2. Cover with grass (synset 201605953)
   "The owners decided to grass their property"
   is a type of: cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered
3. Spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach (synset 201583197)
   is a type of: open, spread, spread out, unfold - spread out or open from a closed or folded state
4. Cover with grass (synset 201211645)
   is a type of: cover, spread over - form a cover over
   same as: grass over
5. Feed with grass (synset 201207201)
   is a type of: crop, graze, pasture - let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
6. Give away information about somebody (synset 200843665)
   "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
   is a type of: inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to
   subtypes: sell someone out - give information that compromises others
   same as: betray, denounce, give away, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on

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