"grassy" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈɡɹæsi/ [General-American], /ˈɡɹɑːsi/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-grassy.ogg [US] Forms: grassier [comparative], grassiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -æsi, -ɑːsi Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|grasy}} Middle English grasy, {{inh|en|ang|*græsiġ}} Old English *græsiġ, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*grasagrōnī}} Proto-West Germanic *grasagrōnī, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*grasagrōniz}} Proto-Germanic *grasagrōniz, {{suf|en|grass|y|id2=adjectival}} grass + -y, {{cog|stq|gäärsich|t=grassy}} Saterland Frisian gäärsich (“grassy”), {{cog|nl|grazig|t=grassy}} Dutch grazig (“grassy”), {{cog|de|grasig|t=grassy}} German grasig (“grassy”), {{cog|is|grösugur|t=grassy}} Icelandic grösugur (“grassy”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} grassy (comparative grassier, superlative grassiest)
  1. Covered with grass. Translations (covered with grass): irbos (Aromanian), тревист (trevist) (Bulgarian), покрит с трева (pokrit s treva) (Bulgarian), herbaci (Catalan), ruohoinen (Finnish), herbeux [masculine] (French), jerbôs (Friulian), grasbewachsen (German), grösugur (Icelandic), naruot (Ilocano), berumput (Indonesian), féarúil (Irish), erboso (Italian), marikut (Kapampangan), grāmineus (Latin), herbosus (Latin), berumput (Malay), graussich (Plautdietsch), gramado (Portuguese), ierbos (Romanian), ervusu (Sicilian), herboso (Spanish), madamo (Tagalog), matalahib (Tagalog), трав'янистий (travʺjanystyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-grassy-en-adj-n334m4Fe Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 83 17 Disambiguation of 'covered with grass': 91 9
  2. Resembling grass. Translations (resembling grass): ruohomainen (Finnish), erbale [literary] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-grassy-en-adj-tFVoOsar Disambiguation of 'resembling grass': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: grassily, grassiness, grassy arse, grassy ass, nongrassy, sugarcane grassy shoot disease
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: grassies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} grassy (plural grassies)
  1. (recreational fishing) Alternative form of grassie (“grass carp; white amur”). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: grassie (extra: grass carp; white amur) Categories (lifeform): Cyprinids
    Sense id: en-grassy-en-noun-J0ixRNh4 Disambiguation of Cyprinids: 2 2 96 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 1 96 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 1 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "covered with grass",
      "word": "ruohoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "covered with grass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "herbeux"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "covered with grass",
      "word": "jerbôs"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "covered with grass",
      "word": "grasbewachsen"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "covered with grass",
      "word": "grösugur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ilo",
      "lang": "Ilocano",
      "sense": "covered with grass",
      "word": "naruot"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "covered with grass",
      "word": "berumput"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "covered with grass",
      "word": "féarúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "covered with grass",
      "word": "erboso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "covered with grass",
      "word": "marikut"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "covered with grass",
      "word": "grāmineus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "covered with grass",
      "word": "herbosus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "covered with grass",
      "word": "berumput"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "covered with grass",
      "word": "graussich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "covered with grass",
      "word": "gramado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "covered with grass",
      "word": "ierbos"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "covered with grass",
      "word": "ervusu"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "covered with grass",
      "word": "herboso"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "covered with grass",
      "word": "madamo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "covered with grass",
      "word": "matalahib"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "travʺjanystyj",
      "sense": "covered with grass",
      "word": "трав'янистий"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "resembling grass",
      "word": "ruohomainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "resembling grass",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "erbale"
    }
  ],
  "word": "grassy"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "en:Cyprinids"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "grassies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "grassy (plural grassies)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "grass carp; white amur",
          "word": "grassie"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Shaun Harrison, “Comment section of ‘Handling cold water carp’”, in AnglingLines.com, archived from the original on 2015-03-19",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Drew Ross, “Grass Carp: Chasing the Eat”, in FlyLords.com, archived from the original on 2020-10-24",
          "text": "It had to be the grassy I was here to find.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "2022, MidwestCarpFisherman, “Glorious 28 pound grassy! New grass carp PR by 10 pounds. Saltillo, Mississippi.”, in Reddit.com, archived from the original on 2022-03-21",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of grassie (“grass carp; white amur”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grassie",
          "grassie#English"
        ],
        [
          "grass carp",
          "grass carp"
        ],
        [
          "white amur",
          "white amur"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "recreational fishing",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(recreational fishing) Alternative form of grassie (“grass carp; white amur”)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "grassy"
}

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