grass

noun (grass, grasses); verb (grass, grassed — rare)

«grass» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Grass is the green plants with thin leaves that cover lawns, parks and fields. tree →
A grass is one kind of this plant; wheat and bamboo are grasses too. tree →
To grass on someone is to tell on them (UK slang). tree →

In the lessons

a lawn to mow (area), or grass eaten by animals; heights of grass; in science: grass makes food from sunlight, cows and sheep eat grass, food chains start with grass; in everyday life: «keep off the grass», cutting the lawn; phrases: «the grass is always greener on the other side» (other things seem better than they are)

Examples

He mows the grass in 40 minutes. tree →
The grass grows 2 cm a week. tree →
The field of grass is 20 m by 10 m. tree →
Cows eat the grass. tree →
Please keep off the grass. tree →
We sat on the grass and had a picnic. tree →
Grass → rabbit → fox is a food chain. tree →
The morning dew made the grass wet. tree →
The grass is always greener on the other side. tree →
All around grew nettles and tall grass. tree →

Note

Usually a story word; growth per week is a rate. Lawn area = length × width (20 m × 10 m = 200 square metres). Uncountable for the lawn (some grass); «grasses» for kinds.

In Jewish tradition

Grass and herbs are signs of the land's fruitfulness and of God's blessing of rain. Pharaoh's dream has cows feeding in reed-grass, a word that is Egyptian in origin. The Prophets and Psalms also use withered grass as a picture of how short and weak human life is.

Interpretation. Moses promises grass for the cattle as a reward for keeping God's commandments. The rabbis taught that a person should feed their animals before sitting down to eat. Tradition reads the withering grass as a reminder that only God lasts forever.

Examples

And I will give grass in thy fields for thy cattle, and thou shalt eat and be satisfied. (Torah DEU.11.15, JPS 1917) tree →
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well-favoured and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the reed-grass. (Torah GEN.41.2, JPS 1917) tree →
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favoured; and they fed in the reed-grass. (Torah GEN.41.18, JPS 1917) tree →
Can the reed-grass grow without water? (Writings JOB.8.11, JPS 1917) tree →
My days are like a lengthening shadow; and I am withered like grass. (Writings PSA.102.12, JPS 1917) tree →
And they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses. (Prophets ISA.44.4, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Usually a story word; growth per week is a rate. Lawn area = length × width (20 m × 10 m = 200 square metres). Uncountable for the lawn (some grass); «grasses» for kinds.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «grass» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«grass» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «grass» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«grass» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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