grass – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to grass on sb
Participle: grassed on sb
Gerund: grassing on sb

Cognates

See the 3 cognates of grass

Indicative

Present

I	grass on sb
you	grass on sb
he;she;it	grasses on sb
we	grass on sb
you	grass on sb
they	grass on sb

Perfect

I	have grassed on sb
you	have grassed on sb
he;she;it	has grassed on sb
we	have grassed on sb
you	have grassed on sb
they	have grassed on sb

Past

I	grassed on sb
you	grassed on sb
he;she;it	grassed on sb
we	grassed on sb
you	grassed on sb
they	grassed on sb

Pluperfect

I	had grassed on sb
you	had grassed on sb
he;she;it	had grassed on sb
we	had grassed on sb
you	had grassed on sb
they	had grassed on sb

Future

I	will grass on sb
you	will grass on sb
he;she;it	will grass on sb
we	will grass on sb
you	will grass on sb
they	will grass on sb

Future Perfect

I	will have grassed on sb
you	will have grassed on sb
he;she;it	will have grassed on sb
we	will have grassed on sb
you	will have grassed on sb
they	will have grassed on sb

Subjunctive

Present

I	grass on sb
you	grass on sb
he;she;it	grass on sb
we	grass on sb
you	grass on sb
they	grass on sb

Perfect

I	have grassed on sb
you	have grassed on sb
he;she;it	have grassed on sb
we	have grassed on sb
you	have grassed on sb
they	have grassed on sb

Imperfect

I	grassed on sb
you	grassed on sb
he;she;it	grassed on sb
we	grassed on sb
you	grassed on sb
they	grassed on sb

Pluperfect

I	had grassed on sb
you	had grassed on sb
he;she;it	had grassed on sb
we	had grassed on sb
you	had grassed on sb
they	had grassed on sb

Conditional

Present

I	would grass on sb
you	would grass on sb
he;she;it	would grass on sb
we	would grass on sb
you	would grass on sb
they	would grass on sb

Perfect

I	would have grassed on sb
you	would have grassed on sb
he;she;it	would have grassed on sb
we	would have grassed on sb
you	would have grassed on sb
they	would have grassed on sb

Imperative

you	grass on sb
we	Let's grass on sb
you	grass on sb

Indicative

Present

I	am grassing on sb
you	are grassing on sb
he;she;it	is grassing on sb
we	are grassing on sb
you	are grassing on sb
they	are grassing on sb

Perfect

I	have been grassing on sb
you	have been grassing on sb
he;she;it	has been grassing on sb
we	have been grassing on sb
you	have been grassing on sb
they	have been grassing on sb

Past

I	was grassing on sb
you	were grassing on sb
he;she;it	was grassing on sb
we	were grassing on sb
you	were grassing on sb
they	were grassing on sb

Pluperfect

I	had been grassing on sb
you	had been grassing on sb
he;she;it	had been grassing on sb
we	had been grassing on sb
you	had been grassing on sb
they	had been grassing on sb

Future

I	will be grassing on sb
you	will be grassing on sb
he;she;it	will be grassing on sb
we	will be grassing on sb
you	will be grassing on sb
they	will be grassing on sb

Future Perfect

I	will have been grassing on sb
you	will have been grassing on sb
he;she;it	will have been grassing on sb
we	will have been grassing on sb
you	will have been grassing on sb
they	will have been grassing on sb

Conditional

Present

I	would be grassing on sb
you	would be grassing on sb
he;she;it	would be grassing on sb
we	would be grassing on sb
you	would be grassing on sb
they	would be grassing on sb

Perfect

I	would have been grassing on sb
you	would have been grassing on sb
he;she;it	would have been grassing on sb
we	would have been grassing on sb
you	would have been grassing on sb
they	would have been grassing on sb

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