grass – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of grass

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

See the 3 cognates of grass

Indicative

Present

Igrass sth over
yougrass sth over
he;she;itgrasses sth over
wegrass sth over
yougrass sth over
theygrass sth over

Perfect

Ihave grassed sth over
youhave grassed sth over
he;she;ithas grassed sth over
wehave grassed sth over
youhave grassed sth over
theyhave grassed sth over

Past

Igrassed sth over
yougrassed sth over
he;she;itgrassed sth over
wegrassed sth over
yougrassed sth over
theygrassed sth over

Pluperfect

Ihad grassed sth over
youhad grassed sth over
he;she;ithad grassed sth over
wehad grassed sth over
youhad grassed sth over
theyhad grassed sth over

Future

Iwill grass sth over
youwill grass sth over
he;she;itwill grass sth over
wewill grass sth over
youwill grass sth over
theywill grass sth over

Future Perfect

Iwill have grassed sth over
youwill have grassed sth over
he;she;itwill have grassed sth over
wewill have grassed sth over
youwill have grassed sth over
theywill have grassed sth over

Subjunctive

Present

Igrass sth over
yougrass sth over
he;she;itgrass sth over
wegrass sth over
yougrass sth over
theygrass sth over

Perfect

Ihave grassed sth over
youhave grassed sth over
he;she;ithave grassed sth over
wehave grassed sth over
youhave grassed sth over
theyhave grassed sth over

Imperfect

Igrassed sth over
yougrassed sth over
he;she;itgrassed sth over
wegrassed sth over
yougrassed sth over
theygrassed sth over

Pluperfect

Ihad grassed sth over
youhad grassed sth over
he;she;ithad grassed sth over
wehad grassed sth over
youhad grassed sth over
theyhad grassed sth over

Conditional

Present

Iwould grass sth over
youwould grass sth over
he;she;itwould grass sth over
wewould grass sth over
youwould grass sth over
theywould grass sth over

Perfect

Iwould have grassed sth over
youwould have grassed sth over
he;she;itwould have grassed sth over
wewould have grassed sth over
youwould have grassed sth over
theywould have grassed sth over

Imperative

yougrass sth over
weLet's grass sth over
yougrass sth over

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam grassing sth over
youare grassing sth over
he;she;itis grassing sth over
weare grassing sth over
youare grassing sth over
theyare grassing sth over

Perfect

Ihave been grassing sth over
youhave been grassing sth over
he;she;ithas been grassing sth over
wehave been grassing sth over
youhave been grassing sth over
theyhave been grassing sth over

Past

Iwas grassing sth over
youwere grassing sth over
he;she;itwas grassing sth over
wewere grassing sth over
youwere grassing sth over
theywere grassing sth over

Pluperfect

Ihad been grassing sth over
youhad been grassing sth over
he;she;ithad been grassing sth over
wehad been grassing sth over
youhad been grassing sth over
theyhad been grassing sth over

Future

Iwill be grassing sth over
youwill be grassing sth over
he;she;itwill be grassing sth over
wewill be grassing sth over
youwill be grassing sth over
theywill be grassing sth over

Future Perfect

Iwill have been grassing sth over
youwill have been grassing sth over
he;she;itwill have been grassing sth over
wewill have been grassing sth over
youwill have been grassing sth over
theywill have been grassing sth over

Conditional

Present

Iwould be grassing sth over
youwould be grassing sth over
he;she;itwould be grassing sth over
wewould be grassing sth over
youwould be grassing sth over
theywould be grassing sth over

Perfect

Iwould have been grassing sth over
youwould have been grassing sth over
he;she;itwould have been grassing sth over
wewould have been grassing sth over
youwould have been grassing sth over
theywould have been grassing sth over

Other

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

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:]