Grassy Meaning
/ˈɡɹæsi/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjCovered with grass.
adjResembling grass.
Sentence Examples
We used to play over by that grassy knoll.
Tom was on the grassy knoll with a rifle.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The cows preferred to eat grass in the ____ field near the river.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The children spent the entire afternoon playing on the ____ hill behind their grandmother's old farmhouse.
Word Origin & History
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”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"However, spider enthusiasts sometimes flock to the grassy region in hopes of spotting a tarantula or capturing one to keep as a pet."
— 2019 August 9, Dylan Miettinen, “Is that love in the air? Thousands of tarantulas to descend on southeast Colorado in search of mates”, in CNN:
"The track was stony with a grassy camber up the middle."
— 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 443:
"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."
— 2014, Shaun Harrison, “Comment section of ‘Handling cold water carp’”, in AnglingLines.com, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2015:
"It had to be the grassy I was here to find."
— 2018, Drew Ross, “Grass Carp: Chasing the Eat”, in FlyLords.com, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2020:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The cows preferred to eat grass in the ____ field near the river.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The children spent the entire afternoon playing on the ____ hill behind their grandmother's old farmhouse.