grass
part of speech
noun (grass, grasses); verb (grass, grassed — rare)
meaning for a pupil
1) Grass is the green plants with thin leaves that cover lawns, parks and fields. tree →
2) A grass is one kind of this plant; wheat and bamboo are grasses too. tree →
3) To grass on someone is to tell on them (UK slang). tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and 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. In the primary 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
- 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 →
- 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 the corpora
- And I will give grass in thy fields for thy cattle, and thou shalt eat and be satisfied.
- The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; because the breath of the LORD bloweth upon it — surely the people is grass.
- The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand for ever.'
- And they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.
- Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh her young, because there is no grass,
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «grass» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.