Grass vs. Sward

Grassnoun

Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.

Grassnoun

(countable) Various plants not in family Poaceae that resemble grasses.

Grassnoun

(uncountable) A lawn.

Grassnoun

Marijuana.

Grassnoun

An informer, police informer; one who betrays a group (of criminals, etc) to the authorities.

Grassnoun

Sharp, closely spaced discontinuities in the trace of a cathode-ray tube, produced by random interference.

Grassnoun

Noise on an A-scope or similar type of radar display.

Grassnoun

The season of fresh grass; spring.

Grassnoun

That which is transitory.

Grassverb

(transitive) To lay out on the grass; to knock down (an opponent etc.).

Grassverb

To act as a grass or informer, to betray; to report on (criminals etc) to the authorities.

Grassverb

(transitive) To cover with grass or with turf.

Grassverb

(transitive) To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc.

Grassverb

(transitive) To bring to the grass or ground; to land.

Grassnoun

Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute the food of cattle and other beasts; pasture.

Grassnoun

An endogenous plant having simple leaves, a stem generally jointed and tubular, the husks or glumes in pairs, and the seed single.

Grassnoun

The season of fresh grass; spring.

Grassnoun

Metaphorically used for what is transitory.

Grassnoun

Marijuana.

Grassverb

To cover with grass or with turf.

Grassverb

To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc.

Grassverb

To bring to the grass or ground; to land; as, to grass a fish.

Grassverb

To produce grass.

Grassnoun

narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay

Grassnoun

German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927)

Grassnoun

animal food for browsing or grazing

Grassnoun

street names for marijuana

Grassverb

shoot down, of birds

Grassverb

cover with grass;

Grassverb

spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach

Grassverb

cover with grass

Grassverb

feed with grass

Grassverb

give away information about somebody;

Swardnoun

(uncountable) A layer of earth into which grass has grown; turf; sod.

Swardnoun

(countable) An expanse of land covered in grass; a lawn or meadow.

Swardnoun

Skin; covering.

Swardverb

(transitive) To cover with sward.

Swardnoun

Skin; covering.

Swardnoun

The grassy surface of land; that part of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass; turf.

Swardverb

To produce sward upon; to cover, or be covered, with sward.

Swardnoun

surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots

Sward

Sward or Swärd may refer to: Christian Swärd (born 1987), professional Swedish ice hockey player Marcia P. Sward (1939–2008), American mathematician and nonprofit organization administrator Melinda Sward (born 1979), American actress known for her portrayal of Pretty Crane on the NBC daytime soap opera Passions Robert Sward (born 1933), American and Canadian poet and novelistSward can also refer to the dense vegetation of an area of grassland or meadow.