Meanings
grassy1
comparative grassier · superlative grassiest
- Covered with grass.
a grassy knoll
3 more examples
We threw his grassy shorts straight into the washing machine.
However, spider enthusiasts sometimes flock to the grassy region in hopes of spotting a tarantula or capturing one to keep as a pet.
2019 August 9, Dylan Miettinen, “Is that love in the air? Thousands of tarantulas to descend on southeast Colorado in search of mates”, in CNNThe track was stony with a grassy camber up the middle.
2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 443 - Resembling grass.
grassy2
plural grassies
- alternativerecreational fishingAlternative form of grassie (“grass carp; white amur”).
It had to be the grassy I was here to find.
2018, Drew Ross, “Grass Carp: Chasing the Eat”, in FlyLords.com, archived from the original on 24 Oct 20201 more example
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.
2014, Shaun Harrison, “Comment section of ‘Handling cold water carp’”, in AnglingLines.com, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2015
Grassy3
- A locality on King Island, Tasmania, Australia.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*grasagrōniz
- Proto-West Germanic*grasagrōnī
- Old English*græsiġ
- Middle Englishgrasy
- Englishgrassy
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”).
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian тревист, покрит с трева
- тревист (trevist)covered with grass
- покрит с трева (pokrit s treva)covered with grass
Catalan herbat, herbós
- herbatcovered with grass
- herbóscovered with grass
- herbaciresembling grass
Finnish ruohoinen, ruohomainen
- ruohoinencovered with grass
- ruohomainenresembling grass
French herbeux
- herbeuxcovered with grass
German grasbewachsen, grasig
- grasbewachsencovered with grass
- grasigresembling grass
Icelandic grösugur
- grösugurcovered with grass
Indonesian berumput
- berumputcovered with grass
Irish féarúil
- féarúilcovered with grass
Italian erboso, erbale
- erbosocovered with grass
- erbaleresembling grass
Latin grāmineus, herbosus
- grāmineuscovered with grass
- herbosuscovered with grass
Malay berumput
- berumputcovered with grass
Portuguese gramado
- gramadocovered with grass
Romanian ierbos
- ierboscovered with grass
Spanish herboso
- herbosocovered with grass
Tagalog madamo, matalahib
- madamocovered with grass
- matalahibcovered with grass
Ukrainian трав'янистий
- трав'янистий (travʺjanystyj)covered with grass
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with grassy
Cite this entry
grassy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grassy
“grassy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grassy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grassy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grassy.
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