| 单词 | to put to grass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lay (also put, set, etc.) (down) to grass a. Land, esp. farmland, on which grass is sown or is allowed to grow; the condition of such land, esp. in to lay (also put, set, etc.) (down) to grass. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [noun] > grassland wong971 greenc1225 clowrec1350 bentc1360 swarth?a1400 flaughtc1400 grassa1500 sward?1507 greenswarda1522 sward-earth1541 swarf1599 over-swarth1649 lawn1674 sod1729 swath1776 spine1786 swad1877 turfage1899 padang1909 the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > pasture leasowc950 leasea1000 pasturea1300 common pasturea1325 grassland1324 laund1340 lea1357 gang1413 feedingc1430 grassa1500 raika1500 beast-gate1507 pasturagec1515 grazing1517 average1537 pasture groundc1537 walk1549 grassing1557 pastural1575 browsing1577 feed1580 pastureland1591 meadow pasture1614 green side1616 range1626 pastorage1628 tore1707 graziery1731 pasturing1759 permanent pasture1771 sweet-veld1785 walk land1797 run1804 sweet-grass1812 potrero1822 pasturage land1855 turn-out1895 lawn1899 a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xxxvi. §2. 130 The kale..not ere of garthis bot of gressis, that grouys bi thaim ane in the feld. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 86 Moueable escheit is, as be pasturing of cattell or beastes in the lands, or girse of Lords sundrie tymes. 1637 in Rec. Colony Rhode Island (1856) I. 17 The severall portions of grass and meadow. 1767 A. Young Farmer's Lett. 99 Half the lands of a farm, but more particularly of a small or middling one, ought to be grass. 1793 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1891) XII. 400 Preparing the second lot of the mile swamp for the purpose of laying it to grass. 1893 Westm. Gaz. 13 Nov. 6/2 At that time the whole of the land was under cultivation. Now the land had all gone down to what people called grass, but he called it weeds. 1967 E. Kerridge Agric. Revol. iii. 202 Three-quarters of the farm was grass and the main object was animal produce. 2013 D. Goulson Sting in Tale xv. 193 Poupard had put the field down to grass the year before. to put (also turn, etc.) (out) to grass a. to put (also turn, etc.) (out) to grass and variants. extracted from grassn.1 (a) To put (an animal) out to graze on grassland; to put to pasture; (hence in extended use) to relieve (a horse or other working animal) of its duties, esp. when it is old. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [verb (transitive)] > pasture leasowc950 feed1382 pasturec1400 to put to grass1471 grassc1500 to turn out?1523 graze1564 impasture1614 put1620 depasture1713 run1767 to run out1851 1471 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 565 Þat Phelypp Loueday put the othyr horse to gresse ther. 1566 T. Blundeville Fower Offices Horsemanshippe lxi. f. 39 If it be in Sommer, you may turne him to grasse. 1655 J. Sanders Iron Rod 49 Her Father..caused my Horse to be put to grasse, and desired me to stay all night. 1776 J. Bentham Let. 14 Nov. in Corr. (1968) I. 361 The Mare..is sent to Pyenest to grass. 1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 447/1 It looks very much as though your animal had an attack of laminitis, which was dissipated by having been turned out to grass. 1966 Rotarian June 34/1 If we hadn't found that Old Fox could do something to earn his keep after he'd been turned out to grass, his days would have been numbered. 2011 M. Napoléone et al. in R. Bouche et al. New Trends Innovation in Mediterranean Animal Production 312 The flock is put out to grass on natural grassland in early April. (b) figurative. To relieve (a person) of his or her duties; to retire (a person), make (a person) redundant; (also) to cease using (a thing). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)] outOE deposec1300 remuec1325 to put out1344 to set downc1369 deprivec1374 outputa1382 removea1382 to throw outa1382 to put downc1384 privea1387 to set adowna1387 to put out of ——?a1400 amovec1425 disappoint1434 unmakec1475 dismiss1477 dispoint1483 voidc1503 to set or put beside (or besides) the cushion1546 relieve1549 cass1550 displace1553 unauthorize1554 to wring out1560 seclude1572 eject1576 dispost1577 decass1579 overboard1585 cast1587 sequester1587 to put to grass1589 cashier1592 discompose1599 abdicate1610 unseat1611 dismount1612 disoffice1627 to take off1642 unchair1645 destitute1653 lift1659 resign1674 quietus1688 superannuate1692 derange1796 shelve1812 shelf1819 Stellenbosch1900 defenestrate1917 axe1922 retire1961 1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Hay any Worke for Cooper 6 If his worship and the rest of the noble clergie Lords weare turned out to grasses. 1646 Unhappy Game Sc. & Eng. 12 When the king hath got all, hell turne your brethren to grasse. 1825 W. Scott Betrothed x, in Tales Crusaders I. 189 It's like old Raoul and I will be turned to grass with the lord's old chargers. 1990 Independent (Nexis) 23 Sept. 22 Apparently the filofax was put out to grass last year. 2018 Western Morning News (Nexis) 10 Mar. 2 Cornwall's army of crop-pickers were facing the prospect of being put out to grass this week, with the news that scientists are developing robots capable of harvesting vegetables. ΚΠ 1622 J. Taylor Common Whore sig. B3 Wiues might vnable husbands turne to grasse. 1786 H. Mackenzie Lounger No. 78. ⁋6 Our three boys..were sent to an academy in Yorkshire, to grass, as my husband phrased it. 1801 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1802) 5 361 Then no longer let mortals repine, If to grass sent from Oxon or Granta. 1892 London Jrnl. 24 Sept. 194/1 If ever the doctors send you to grass, turn you out to vegetate, not live, by all means come here. < as lemmas |
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