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at grass

at grass adjective: that has been put out to graze (of an animal); on grassland; grazing.

Adjective

at grass (not comparable)

  1. That has been put out to graze (of an animal); on grassland; grazing.
    • Aubrey and Stephen had a common milkman and often they drove out in the milkcar to Carrickmines where the cows were at grass.1916, James Joyce, chapter II, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC

Questions about at grass

What does at grass mean?
At grass means that has been put out to graze (of an animal); on grassland; grazing.
What part of speech is at grass?
At grass is an adjective.

Words near at grass in the dictionary

  1. at full stretch
  2. at full throttle
  3. at full tilt
  4. at gaze
  5. at grade
  6. at grass
  7. at grips
  8. at gunpoint
  9. at half-sword
  10. at hand
  11. at haphazard

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