| grass | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. grass | narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay. |
| ~ graminaceous plant, gramineous plant | cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves. |
| ~ 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-grass, bent grass, bent | 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's fescue, sheep 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. |
| n. (person) | 2. grass, gunter grass, gunter wilhelm grass | German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927). |
| ~ author, writer | writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay). |
| n. (person) | 3. grass, supergrass | a police informer who implicates many people. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ betrayer, blabber, informer, squealer, rat | one who reveals confidential information in return for money. |
| n. (food) | 4. eatage, forage, grass, pasturage, pasture | bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle. |
| ~ fodder | coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. dope, gage, grass, green goddess, locoweed, mary jane, pot, sens, sess, skunk, smoke, weed | street names for marijuana. |
| ~ 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. |
| v. (competition) | 6. grass | shoot down, of birds. |
| ~ shoot, pip, hit | hit with a missile from a weapon. |
| v. (contact) | 7. grass | cover with grass.; "The owners decided to grass their property" |
| ~ cover | provide with a covering or cause to be covered.; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
| v. (contact) | 8. grass | spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach. |
| ~ spread, unfold, open, spread out | spread out or open from a closed or folded state.; "open the map"; "spread your arms" |
| v. (contact) | 9. grass, grass over | cover with grass. |
| ~ spread over, cover | form a cover over.; "The grass covered the grave" |
| v. (consumption) | 10. grass | feed with grass. |
| ~ pasture, graze, crop | let feed in a field or pasture or meadow. |
| v. (communication) | 11. betray, denounce, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on | give away information about somebody.; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| ~ sell out | give information that compromises others. |
| litter | | |
| n. (group) | 1. litter | the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal. |
| ~ animal group | a group of animals. |
| n. (substance) | 2. litter | rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places). |
| ~ rubbish, trash, scrap | worthless material that is to be disposed of. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. litter | conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers. |
| ~ transport, conveyance | something that serves as a means of transportation. |
| ~ covered couch | a litter with a cover for privacy. |
| ~ palankeen, palanquin | a closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers. |
| ~ sedan chair, sedan | a closed litter for one passenger. |
| ~ stretcher | a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. bedding, bedding material, litter | material used to provide a bed for animals. |
| ~ material, stuff | the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread" |
| v. (stative) | 5. litter | strew.; "Cigar butts littered the ground" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (contact) | 6. litter | make a place messy by strewing garbage around. |
| ~ strew, straw | spread by scattering (.; "straw"; "strew toys all over the carpet" |
| v. (body) | 7. litter | give birth to a litter of animals. |
| ~ birth, give birth, bear, deliver, have | cause to be born.; "My wife had twins yesterday!" |
| weed | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. weed | any plant that crowds out cultivated plants. |
| ~ agrostemma githago, corn campion, corn cockle, crown-of-the-field | European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America. |
| ~ knawe, knawel, scleranthus annuus | widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers. |
| ~ corn spurrey, corn spurry, spergula arvensis | small European weed with whorled leaves and white flowers. |
| ~ sand spurry, sea spurry, spergularia rubra | prostrate weedy herb with tiny pink flowers; widespread throughout Europe and Asia on sand dunes and heath and coastal cliffs; naturalized in eastern North America. |
| ~ carpetweed, indian chickweed, molluga verticillata | annual prostrate mat-forming weed having whorled leaves and small greenish-white flowers; widespread throughout North America. |
| ~ alligator grass, alligator weed, alternanthera philoxeroides | prolific South American aquatic weed having grasslike leaves and short spikes of white flowers; clogs waterways with dense floating masses. |
| ~ barbarea vulgaris, rockcress, rocket cress, sisymbrium barbarea, yellow rocket | noxious cress with yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium. |
| ~ erysimum cheiranthoides, wormseed mustard | slender yellow-flowered European mustard often troublesome as a weed; formerly used as an anthelmintic. |
| ~ jointed charlock, raphanus raphanistrum, runch, wild radish, wild rape | Eurasian weed having yellow or mauve or white flowers and podlike fruits. |
| ~ pennycress | any of several plants of the genus Thlaspi. |
| ~ ambrosia, bitterweed, ragweed | any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma. |
| ~ thistle | any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves. |
| ~ barnaby's thistle, centaurea solstitialis, yellow star-thistle | European weed having a winged stem and hairy leaves; adventive in the eastern United States. |
| ~ canadian fleabane, conyza canadensis, erigeron canadensis, horseweed, fleabane | common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron. |
| ~ erechtites hieracifolia, fireweed | an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers. |
| ~ hieracium praealtum, king devil, yellow hawkweed | European hawkweed introduced into northeastern United States; locally troublesome weeds. |
| ~ california dandelion, capeweed, gosmore, hypochaeris radicata, cat's-ear | European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears. |
| ~ bastard feverfew, parthenium hysterophorus | tropical American annual weed with small radiate heads of white flowers; adventive in southern United States. |
| ~ bitterweed, bristly oxtongue, oxtongue, picris echioides, bugloss | widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States. |
| ~ hieracium aurantiacum, orange hawkweed, pilosella aurantiaca | European hawkweed having flower heads with bright orange-red rays; a troublesome weed especially as naturalized in northeastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Hieracium. |
| ~ senecio doublasii, threadleaf groundsel | bluish-green bushy leafy plant covered with close white wool and bearing branched clusters of yellow flower heads; southwestern United States; toxic to range livestock. |
| ~ benweed, ragweed, ragwort, senecio jacobaea, tansy ragwort | widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity. |
| ~ groundsel, senecio vulgaris | Eurasian weed with heads of small yellow flowers. |
| ~ cockle-bur, cockle-burr, cocklebur, cockleburr | any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs. |
| ~ nettle | any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae). |
| ~ tumbleweed | any plant that breaks away from its roots in autumn and is driven by the wind as a light rolling mass. |
| ~ madnep, wild parsnip | biennial weed in Europe and America having large pinnate leaves and yellow flowers and a bitter and somewhat poisonous root; the ancestor of cultivated parsnip. |
| ~ tracheophyte, vascular plant | green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. mourning band, weed | a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning. |
| ~ band | a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body). |
| v. (change) | 3. weed | clear of weeds.; "weed the garden" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| ~ stub | clear of weeds by uprooting them.; "stub a field" |
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