grassy

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
10
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈɡɹæsi/
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/ˈɡɹæsi/ · /ˈɡɹɑːsi/

Definition of grassy

4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Covered with grass.
    “a grassy knoll”
    “We threw his grassy shorts straight into the washing machine.”
    “However, spider enthusiasts sometimes flock to the grassy region in hopes of spotting a tarantula or capturing one to keep as a pet.”
    “The track was stony with a grassy camber up the middle.”
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adj

  1. Covered with grass.
    “a grassy knoll”
    “We threw his grassy shorts straight into the washing machine.”
    “However, spider enthusiasts sometimes flock to the grassy region in hopes of spotting a tarantula or capturing one to keep as a pet.”
    “The track was stony with a grassy camber up the middle.”
  2. Resembling grass.

noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of grassie (“grass carp; white amur”).
    “Grass carp wise the best bit of advice I can give anyone is to ‘make them fight’ in the water. […] These days when a grassy comes to the net if it hasn’t done much I prod it with the net rather than netting them. This usually spooks them into battle.”
    “It had to be the grassy I was here to find.”

name

  1. A locality on King Island, Tasmania, Australia.

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Etymology

From Middle English grasy, from Old English *græsiġ, *gærsiġ, from Proto-West Germanic *grasagrōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grasagrōniz, equivalent to grass + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian gäärsich (“grassy”), Dutch grazig (“grassy”), German grasig (“grassy”), Icelandic grösugur (“grassy”).

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