grassedadj.

Brit.

/ɡrɑːst/,

/ɡrast/, U.S.

/ɡræst/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: grass n.¹, -ed suffix²; grass v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: Partly < grass n.¹ + -ed suffix², and partly < grass v. + -ed suffix¹.

1. Covered with grass or turf; planted with grass. Frequently with preceding modifying adverb.Recorded earliest in well-grassed adj.

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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > herb or herbaceous plant > [adjective] > full of or abounding in herbaceous plants > of or relating to grass > grassy

grassy?1440

grassed?1573

foggy1587

herbid1657

graminous1659

graminiferous1834

overgrassed1983

?1573 L. Lloyd Pilgrimage of Princes f. 155 His pastures well grassed, his house furnished, and all thynges in comely order.

1638 R. Brathwait Barnabees Journall (new ed.) iii. sig. X7^v Thence to Killington I passed, Where an hill is freely grassed, There I staid not though halfe-tyred, Higher still my thoughts aspired.

1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope I. 79 The Chamtouers..are possess'd of a fine flat country, well grass'd and watered.

1835 J. Batman in K. Cornwallis Panorama New World (1859) I. App. 404 We passed through an open forest..with excellently grassed surface.

1875 K. S. Macquoid My Story II. xix. 288 When I reached the grassed slope, I found the frozen grass very slippery.

1908 J. Cowan New Zealand 35 The newly grassed lands of North Wellington, the East Coast, and the King-country are proving excellent sheep countries.

1966 Illustr. London News 30 July 22/2 A grassed terrace running the whole length of the garden-front.

2011 Central Coast Express (Austral.) (Nexis) 15 July (Features section) 8 It has a low-maintenance yard, with a small grassed area, a wooden garden seat and a rear balcony with pleasant views.

2. Laid out on the grass; caused to fall to the ground. Cf. grass v. 5.

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1831 Sporting Mag. Dec. 160/2 The mortifying sight of a more fortunate brother moving down the hill, and cruelly leaving the grassed one to his fate.

1866 Irish Industr. Mag. Mar. 225 I have known the owner of a mill..to offer to purchase all the steeped and grassed flax in his locality for £6 per ton.

1916 R. E. Vernède Let. 11 Feb. in Lett. to Wife (1917) 59 Even to see men suffering from shock, flopping about the trenches like grassed fish, is enough to sicken one.

1919 W. H. Miller Amer. Hunting Dog iv. 69 We all know how lots of the finding of grassed birds is often left to us by our crack pointers and setters.

1929 Age (Melbourne) 13 May 6/3 A ‘grassed’ player was savagely kicked at.

1957 R. Patterson in C. Singer et al. Hist. Technol. III. vii. 157 The retted and grassed flax was usually dried artificially.

2008 Outlook 21 Jan. 33/1 Every wrong decision, every ‘grassed’ catch, every nick that wasn't was there for all to see.

3. Golf. Designating a club (esp. a driver) having a backward-sloping face in order to loft the ball. Now historical.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > equipment > [adjective] > types of club

steel-shafteda1400

flat1857

grassed1857

lofted1887

pitching1891

1857 H. B. Farnie Golfer's Man. 17 There are two members of this class; the play club, and the grassed driver.

1883 Cassell's Bk. Sports & Past. 51 The golfer's tools..consisting of the play-club, the grassed-driver [etc.].

1921 Golfers Mag. May 25/3 He dismisses the long spoon and weighs the chances of his play-club before adopting the grassed driver aforesaid.

1946 Country Life 15 Feb. 310/1 Before the days of the brassy the grassed club was used through the green, but it has an archaic sound now.

2014 Times & Transcript (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 27 June b3 A set of clubs at the time [sc. 1500s] consisted of play clubs (long noses) for driving the ball, fairway clubs (or grassed drivers) for medium-range shots,..and a putting cleek.

Compounds

With adverbs, forming adjectives corresponding to adverbial constructions of grass v.

grassed-down adj. [after to grass down (see grass v. 1b)] that has been covered with grass or turf; cf. grass v. 1b.

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1946 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 15 20/1 The grassed-down plum orchards and adjoining meadows.

1960 Times 23 Jan. 11/4 We now have to consider the rest of the grassed-down area that we do not intend to keep neatly mown.

2011 A. Titchmarsh Growing Bulbs 28/1 Many bulbs that are suitable lor lawns and taller grass..are equally appealing in a grassed-down orchard or under garden trees.

grassed-over adj. [after to grass over (see grass v. 1b)] covered with grass or turf; cf. grass v. 1b.

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1889 Young Folks Paper 26 Jan. 54/4 The Indians..encamped upon the grassed-over heap and built their camp-fires upon it.

1911 Northwestern Reporter 132 1115/1 The grassed-over surface on either side of either road was broken at the intersection of the lines of the pikes.

2004 K. Long Bad Mother's Handbk. (2005) ii. 52 I drove through the outskirts of a reinvented Wigan with grassed-over areas and new, prestige estates.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	grassed
释义	grassedadj. Brit. /ɡrɑːst/, /ɡrast/, U.S. /ɡræst/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: grass n.¹, -ed suffix²; grass v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: Partly < grass n.¹ + -ed suffix², and partly < grass v. + -ed suffix¹. 1. Covered with grass or turf; planted with grass. Frequently with preceding modifying adverb.Recorded earliest in well-grassed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > herb or herbaceous plant > [adjective] > full of or abounding in herbaceous plants > of or relating to grass > grassy grassy?1440 grassed?1573 foggy1587 herbid1657 graminous1659 graminiferous1834 overgrassed1983 ?1573 L. Lloyd Pilgrimage of Princes f. 155 His pastures well grassed, his house furnished, and all thynges in comely order. 1638 R. Brathwait Barnabees Journall (new ed.) iii. sig. X7^v Thence to Killington I passed, Where an hill is freely grassed, There I staid not though halfe-tyred, Higher still my thoughts aspired. 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope I. 79 The Chamtouers..are possess'd of a fine flat country, well grass'd and watered. 1835 J. Batman in K. Cornwallis Panorama New World (1859) I. App. 404 We passed through an open forest..with excellently grassed surface. 1875 K. S. Macquoid My Story II. xix. 288 When I reached the grassed slope, I found the frozen grass very slippery. 1908 J. Cowan New Zealand 35 The newly grassed lands of North Wellington, the East Coast, and the King-country are proving excellent sheep countries. 1966 Illustr. London News 30 July 22/2 A grassed terrace running the whole length of the garden-front. 2011 Central Coast Express (Austral.) (Nexis) 15 July (Features section) 8 It has a low-maintenance yard, with a small grassed area, a wooden garden seat and a rear balcony with pleasant views. 2. Laid out on the grass; caused to fall to the ground. Cf. grass v. 5. ΚΠ 1831 Sporting Mag. Dec. 160/2 The mortifying sight of a more fortunate brother moving down the hill, and cruelly leaving the grassed one to his fate. 1866 Irish Industr. Mag. Mar. 225 I have known the owner of a mill..to offer to purchase all the steeped and grassed flax in his locality for £6 per ton. 1916 R. E. Vernède Let. 11 Feb. in Lett. to Wife (1917) 59 Even to see men suffering from shock, flopping about the trenches like grassed fish, is enough to sicken one. 1919 W. H. Miller Amer. Hunting Dog iv. 69 We all know how lots of the finding of grassed birds is often left to us by our crack pointers and setters. 1929 Age (Melbourne) 13 May 6/3 A ‘grassed’ player was savagely kicked at. 1957 R. Patterson in C. Singer et al. Hist. Technol. III. vii. 157 The retted and grassed flax was usually dried artificially. 2008 Outlook 21 Jan. 33/1 Every wrong decision, every ‘grassed’ catch, every nick that wasn't was there for all to see. 3. Golf. Designating a club (esp. a driver) having a backward-sloping face in order to loft the ball. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > equipment > [adjective] > types of club steel-shafteda1400 flat1857 grassed1857 lofted1887 pitching1891 1857 H. B. Farnie Golfer's Man. 17 There are two members of this class; the play club, and the grassed driver. 1883 Cassell's Bk. Sports & Past. 51 The golfer's tools..consisting of the play-club, the grassed-driver [etc.]. 1921 Golfers Mag. May 25/3 He dismisses the long spoon and weighs the chances of his play-club before adopting the grassed driver aforesaid. 1946 Country Life 15 Feb. 310/1 Before the days of the brassy the grassed club was used through the green, but it has an archaic sound now. 2014 Times & Transcript (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 27 June b3 A set of clubs at the time [sc. 1500s] consisted of play clubs (long noses) for driving the ball, fairway clubs (or grassed drivers) for medium-range shots,..and a putting cleek. Compounds With adverbs, forming adjectives corresponding to adverbial constructions of grass v. grassed-down adj. [after to grass down (see grass v. 1b)] that has been covered with grass or turf; cf. grass v. 1b. ΚΠ 1946 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 15 20/1 The grassed-down plum orchards and adjoining meadows. 1960 Times 23 Jan. 11/4 We now have to consider the rest of the grassed-down area that we do not intend to keep neatly mown. 2011 A. Titchmarsh Growing Bulbs 28/1 Many bulbs that are suitable lor lawns and taller grass..are equally appealing in a grassed-down orchard or under garden trees. grassed-over adj. [after to grass over (see grass v. 1b)] covered with grass or turf; cf. grass v. 1b. ΚΠ 1889 Young Folks Paper 26 Jan. 54/4 The Indians..encamped upon the grassed-over heap and built their camp-fires upon it. 1911 Northwestern Reporter 132 1115/1 The grassed-over surface on either side of either road was broken at the intersection of the lines of the pikes. 2004 K. Long Bad Mother's Handbk. (2005) ii. 52 I drove through the outskirts of a reinvented Wigan with grassed-over areas and new, prestige estates. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?1573
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