grass – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to grass sth over
Participle: grassed sth over
Gerund: grassing sth over

Cognates

See the 3 cognates of grass

Indicative

Present

I	grass sth over
you	grass sth over
he;she;it	grasses sth over
we	grass sth over
you	grass sth over
they	grass sth over

Perfect

I	have grassed sth over
you	have grassed sth over
he;she;it	has grassed sth over
we	have grassed sth over
you	have grassed sth over
they	have grassed sth over

Past

I	grassed sth over
you	grassed sth over
he;she;it	grassed sth over
we	grassed sth over
you	grassed sth over
they	grassed sth over

Pluperfect

I	had grassed sth over
you	had grassed sth over
he;she;it	had grassed sth over
we	had grassed sth over
you	had grassed sth over
they	had grassed sth over

Future

I	will grass sth over
you	will grass sth over
he;she;it	will grass sth over
we	will grass sth over
you	will grass sth over
they	will grass sth over

Future Perfect

I	will have grassed sth over
you	will have grassed sth over
he;she;it	will have grassed sth over
we	will have grassed sth over
you	will have grassed sth over
they	will have grassed sth over

Subjunctive

Present

I	grass sth over
you	grass sth over
he;she;it	grass sth over
we	grass sth over
you	grass sth over
they	grass sth over

Perfect

I	have grassed sth over
you	have grassed sth over
he;she;it	have grassed sth over
we	have grassed sth over
you	have grassed sth over
they	have grassed sth over

Imperfect

I	grassed sth over
you	grassed sth over
he;she;it	grassed sth over
we	grassed sth over
you	grassed sth over
they	grassed sth over

Pluperfect

I	had grassed sth over
you	had grassed sth over
he;she;it	had grassed sth over
we	had grassed sth over
you	had grassed sth over
they	had grassed sth over

Conditional

Present

I	would grass sth over
you	would grass sth over
he;she;it	would grass sth over
we	would grass sth over
you	would grass sth over
they	would grass sth over

Perfect

I	would have grassed sth over
you	would have grassed sth over
he;she;it	would have grassed sth over
we	would have grassed sth over
you	would have grassed sth over
they	would have grassed sth over

Imperative

you	grass sth over
we	Let's grass sth over
you	grass sth over

Indicative

Present

I	am grassing sth over
you	are grassing sth over
he;she;it	is grassing sth over
we	are grassing sth over
you	are grassing sth over
they	are grassing sth over

Perfect

I	have been grassing sth over
you	have been grassing sth over
he;she;it	has been grassing sth over
we	have been grassing sth over
you	have been grassing sth over
they	have been grassing sth over

Past

I	was grassing sth over
you	were grassing sth over
he;she;it	was grassing sth over
we	were grassing sth over
you	were grassing sth over
they	were grassing sth over

Pluperfect

I	had been grassing sth over
you	had been grassing sth over
he;she;it	had been grassing sth over
we	had been grassing sth over
you	had been grassing sth over
they	had been grassing sth over

Future

I	will be grassing sth over
you	will be grassing sth over
he;she;it	will be grassing sth over
we	will be grassing sth over
you	will be grassing sth over
they	will be grassing sth over

Future Perfect

I	will have been grassing sth over
you	will have been grassing sth over
he;she;it	will have been grassing sth over
we	will have been grassing sth over
you	will have been grassing sth over
they	will have been grassing sth over

Conditional

Present

I	would be grassing sth over
you	would be grassing sth over
he;she;it	would be grassing sth over
we	would be grassing sth over
you	would be grassing sth over
they	would be grassing sth over

Perfect

I	would have been grassing sth over
you	would have been grassing sth over
he;she;it	would have been grassing sth over
we	would have been grassing sth over
you	would have been grassing sth over
they	would have been grassing sth over

Verbs conjugated like 'grass'

abash, abolish, abroach, accomplish, accroach, address, admix, admonish, ado, adpress, affamish, affix, alloo, amass, ambush, anguish, annex, appeach, appears, approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'grass'

brass, glass, grasp, gross, amass, bass, brash, brast, cass, class,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

~ on somebody, ~ over something, ~ something over,

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-der.
3. Proto-Germanic *grasą
4. Proto-West Germanic *gras
5. Old English græs
6. Middle English gras
7. English grass
8. Inherited from Middle English gras, from Old English græs, from Proto-West Germanic *gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą (“grass”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”).
9. Cognates
10. Cognate with Scots gress (“grass”), North Frisian gaars, geers, Gērs, gjars, gjas, gäärs (“grass”), Saterland Frisian Gäärs (“grass”), West Frisian gers (“grass”), Cimbrian gras, grass (“grass”), German and Luxembourgish Gras (“grass, weed”), Dutch gras (“grass, turf, pasture”), Mòcheno and Vilamovian gros (“grass”), West Flemish ges (“grass”), Yiddish גראָז (groz, “grass”), Danish græs (“grass”), Faroese, Icelandic, and Norwegian Nynorsk gras (“grass”), Norwegian Bokmål gras, gress (“grass”), Swedish gräs (“grass”), Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐍃 (gras, “herb”); also Latin herba (“plant, weed, grass”), Albanian grath (“grass blade, spike”). Related to grow, green.
11. The "informer" sense is probably a shortening of grasshopper (“police officer, informant”), rhyming slang for copper (“police officer”) or shopper (“informant”); the exact sequence of derivation is unclear. See: Danish 'græs', Norwegian 'gras'.

Sample Sentences

The Chicken himself attributed this punishment to his having had the misfortune to get into Chancery early in the proceedings, when he was severely fibbed by the Larkey one, and heavily grassed. [1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:]
He flew at me with his knife, and I had to grass him twice, and got a cut over the knuckles, before I had the upper hand of him. [1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Naval Treaty, Norton, published 2005, page 709:]
"Grassed on me he did," I said morosely. (Note: Grass is English thief slang for inform.)^([sic]) [1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press, page 2:]
"I'm dressed as a woman, but I am still technically a man. I believe that to comply with the law of the land I ought to continue to use the Gents', but in order not to look out place I intend to use the Ladies' from now on. I trust none of you will grass on me..." [2004, David Nobbs, Sex and Other Changes, page 95:]
Let him hook and land a tigerfish of 20 lb., at the imminent risk of capsizing and joining the company of the engaging crocodiles, or, when he has grassed the fish, of having a finger bitten off by his iron teeth […] [1903, John Buchan, The African Colony:]
In typical Necker style, the farmer walked to the line and mounted his gun without any shilly-shally. If he grassed the bird, he and Faurote would go into a shootout. If he missed, Faurote would win. [2011, Deeanne Gist, Love on the Line, page 138:]

grass – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of grass

Nominal Forms

Cognates

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Subjunctive

Present

Perfect

Imperfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Imperative

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'grass'

Verbs similar to 'grass'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Sample Sentences