Grassy

//ˈɡɹæsi// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Covered with grass.

    "a grassy knoll"

  2. 2
    Resembling grass.
Adjective
  1. 1
    abounding in grass wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A locality on King Island, Tasmania, Australia.
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of grassie (“grass carp; white amur”). alt-of, alternative

    "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."

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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