grass

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"It's like the grass is always greener, and I think next time I could do just that little bit better."

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  1. noun The grass family.
  2. noun The members of the grass family considered as a group.
  3. noun Any of various plants having slender leaves characteristic of the grass family.
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  • There hadn't been time for dew to form on the grass, but since it hadn't been mowed too recently, and the grass was at least five inches long, each time Grady took a step there was a slight depression from his weight. —  Michaels, Kasey - Too Good To Be True.html
  • Still, it's true: the grass is always greener, just like they say. —  Six Sentences
  • As I recall, the saying goes ... the grass is always greener ...
  • "It's like the grass is always greener, and I think next time I could do just that little bit better." —  ScreenTalk
  • I don't think putting him out there with all that extra grass is a good idea, not nearly enough range. because Toronto needs another middle of the road utility player? pass —  MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

tree ·  flower ·  snow ·  bush ·  rock ·  plant ·  leave ·  soil ·  grind ·  meadow ·  mud ·  vegetation

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grass:   grasses ·  grassed

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  1. Middle English gras, from Old English græs; see ghrē- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English gras, gres, sometimes transposed gers, gyrs, Scots girs, from Anglo-Saxon grœs, transposed gœrs = Old Saxon gras = OFries. gers, gres = Dutch gras = Middle Low German gras, gres = Old High German gras, cras = Middle High German G. gras, grass, herbage (applicable to any small plant), = Icelandic gras = Swedish gräs = Danish grœs, grass, = Gothic (Moesogothic) gras, the first growth of corn, etc., a plant or herb; akin to Middle High German gruose, first growth, = Middle Dutch groese, the green sod, turf, and prob. to green and grow. There is no proof of a connection with L. grāmen, grass (see gramineous), or with Greek χορτός, grass.
  2. from grass, n. The older verb is graze.
 

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