grass – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

See the 3 cognates of grass

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

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

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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