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gaga

EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionary

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verb

grassed; grassing; grasses

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb
to feed (livestock) on grass sometimes without grain or other concentrates
to cover with grass
especially to seed to grass
intransitive verb
to produce grass
British slang inform sense 1 —often used with on

Other Words

Noun

grassless ˈgras-ləs adjective
grasslike ˈgras-ˌlīk adjective

Examples

Noun

//They were smoking some grass.

Verb

//that bloke would grass on his own mater to save himself

First Known Use

Noun

before 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

circa 1500, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

History and Etymology

Noun

Middle English gras, from Old English græs; akin to Old High German gras grass, Old English grōwan to grow

grass

noun

Synonyms

as in lawn, green
Synonyms & Near Synonyms

green greensward lawn
clearing field ground lot parcel plat plot tract
common(s) croft [chiefly British]
glade grassland heath heathland lea (or ley) meadow moor pasture pastureland

gravestone

noun

grave·stone

ˈgrāv-ˌstōn

Definition

a burial monument

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

headstone monument stone tombstone

Examples

//we love to tour old cemeteries and read the hauntingly poetic inscriptions on the gravestones

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

gravestone

noun

Synonyms

a shaped stone laid over or erected near a grave and usually bearing an inscription to identify and preserve the memory of the deceased //we love to tour old cemeteries and read the hauntingly poetic inscriptions on the gravestones
Synonyms

headstone monument stone tombstone
Related Words

cross marker plaque table tablet
monolith obelisk pillar
memorial shrine
burial sepulchre (or sepulcher) sepulture tomb

acrylic acid

noun

Definition

an unsaturated liquid acid C₃H₄O₂ that polymerizes readily to form useful products (such as constituents for varnishes and lacquers)

First Known Use

1843, in the meaning defined above

grayish

adjective

gray·ish

ˈgrā-ish

Definition

somewhat gray
of a color low in saturation

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

argentine gray (also grey) leaden pewter silver silvery slate slaty (also slatey) steely

Examples

//the black stallion and white mare produced a grayish filly

First Known Use

1562, in the meaning defined at sense 1

grayish

adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms

of the color gray //the black stallion and white mare produced a grayish filly
Synonyms

argentine gray (also grey) leaden pewter silver silvery slate slaty (also slatey) steely
Related Words

achromatic colorless neutral
dirty dull faded sad washed-out
ashen ashy chalky livid mousy (or mousey) pale palish white whitish
chocolate dun sandy sepia
brindled (or brindle) grizzled hoar hoary
Near Antonyms

ablaze bright deep gay rich
chromatic colored
colorful motley multicolored polychromatic polychrome varicolored variegated

Greek

noun

ˈgrēk

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

a native or inhabitant of ancient or modern Greece
a person of Greek descent
the language used by the Greeks from prehistoric times to the present constituting a branch of Indo-European
— see Indo-European Languages Table
ancient Greek as used from the time of the earliest records to the end of the second century a.d.
— see Indo-European Languages Table
often greek [ translation of Latin Graecum (in the medieval phrase Graecum est; non potest legi It is Greek; it cannot be read) ] something unintelligible //it's Greek to me
a member of a Greek-letter fraternity or sorority

adjective

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

of, relating to, or characteristic of Greece, the Greeks, or Greek //Greek architecture
eastern orthodox