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Grass

Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute the food of cattle and other beasts; pasture.

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Narrower term 19

Bent 76% connected

of Bend

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Bent grass 76% connected

Same as Bent, a kind of grass.

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Bermuda grass 76% connected

A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in w…

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Blue grass 76% connected

A species of grass (Poa compressa) with bluish green stems, valuable in thin gravelly soils; wire grass.

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Bluegrass 76% connected

any of various grasses of the genus Poa

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Brome 76% connected

See Bromine.

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Bromegrass 76% connected

any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions

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Bunch grass 76% connected

A grass growing in bunches and affording pasture. In California, Atropis tenuifolia, Festuca scabrella, and several kinds of Stipa are favorite bunch…

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Bunchgrass 76% connected

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

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Burgrass 76% connected

Grass of the genus Cenchrus, growing in sand, and having burs for fruit.

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Cereal 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the grasses which are cultivated for their edible seeds (as wheat, maize, rice, etc.), or to their seeds or grain.

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Cockspur 76% connected

A variety of Crataegus, or hawthorn (C. Crus-galli), having long, straight thorns; -- called also Cockspur thorn.

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Fescue 76% connected

A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read.

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Grama grass 76% connected

The name of several kinds of pasture grasses found in the Western United States, esp. the Bouteloua oligostachya.

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Knotgrass 76% connected

a common weed with jointed stems (Polygonum aviculare); knotweed.

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Lady's laces 76% connected

A slender climbing plant; dodder.

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Lyme grass 76% connected

A coarse perennial grass of several species of Elymus, esp. E. Canadensis, and the European E. arenarius.

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Scutch grass 76% connected

A kind of pasture grass (Cynodon Dactylon). See Bermuda grass: also Illustration in Appendix.

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Timothy 76% connected

Alt. of Timothy grass

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Broader term 19

Betrayer 76% connected

One who, or that which, betrays.

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Blabber 76% connected

A tattler; a telltale.

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Cannabis 76% connected

A genus of a single species belonging to the order Uricaceae; hemp.

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Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Crop 76% connected

The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.

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Fodder 76% connected

A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19/ to 24 cwt.; a fother.

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Ganja 76% connected

The dried hemp plant, used in India for smoking. It is extremely narcotic and intoxicating.

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Graze 76% connected

To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

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Hit 76% connected

It.

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Inform 76% connected

Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.

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Informer 76% connected

One who informs, animates, or inspires.

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Open 76% connected

Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over;…

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Pasture 76% connected

Food; nourishment.

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Pip 76% connected

A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming…

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Rat 76% connected

One of several species of small rodents of the genus Mus and allied genera, larger than mice, that infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the N…

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Shoot 76% connected

An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artifi…

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Spread 76% connected

of Spread

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Squealer 76% connected

One who, or that which, squeals.

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Unfold 76% connected

To open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to unfold a tablecloth.

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Dump 74% connected

A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing.

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Dump 74% connected

A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing.

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Grassy 74% connected

Covered with grass; abounding with grass; as, a grassy lawn.

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Grassy 74% connected

Covered with grass; abounding with grass; as, a grassy lawn.

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Pasture 74% connected

Food; nourishment.

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Pasture 74% connected

Food; nourishment.

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Range 74% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

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Range 74% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

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Synonym 16

Betray 92% connected

To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed…

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Denounce 92% connected

To make known in a solemn or official manner; to declare; to proclaim (especially an evil).

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Eatage 92% connected

Eatable growth of grass for horses and cattle, esp. that of aftermath.

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Forage 92% connected

The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.

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Gage 92% connected

A pledge or pawn; something laid down or given as a security for the performance of some act by the person depositing it, and forfeited by nonperform…

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Pasturage 92% connected

Grazing ground; grass land used for pasturing; pasture.

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Pasture 92% connected

Food; nourishment.

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Pot 92% connected

A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc…

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Rat 92% connected

One of several species of small rodents of the genus Mus and allied genera, larger than mice, that infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the N…

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Sens 92% connected

Since.

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Sess 92% connected

To lay a tax upon; to assess.

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Shop 92% connected

imp. of Shape. Shaped.

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Skunk 92% connected

Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores of the genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two glands near the anus, secreting an…

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Smoke 92% connected

The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning vegetable matter, as wood, coal,…

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Stag 92% connected

The adult male of the red deer (Cervus elaphus), a large European species closely related to the American elk, or wapiti.

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Weed 92% connected

A garment; clothing; especially, an upper or outer garment.

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