GREEN GROW THE RUSHES O

Meaning of GREEN GROW THE RUSHES O in English

an old English folk song in which the line ‘Green grow the rushes O’ is repeated in every verse. Each verse names a number of people or things, mostly connected with the Bible, and repeats all the things named in the previous verses. The song is often sung by children in British schools.

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GREEN — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Amadeus the Green Count Green Bank equation Green Bay Green Berets green manure Green …
Английский словарь Британика
O — I. ˈō noun ( plural o's or os ˈōz) Usage: often capitalized, often attributive 1. a. : the 15th letter …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GREEN — I. ˈgrēn adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English grene, from Old English grēne; akin to Old High German gruoni …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-O — I. (ˌ)ō noun suffix ( -s ) Etymology: perhaps from oh (I) : one that is or that constitutes or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RUSHES — plural of rush present third singular of rush
Webster's New International English Dictionary
O' — preposition also o ə Etymology: in sense 1 from Middle English o, o-, alteration of on; in sense 2 from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GROW — ˈgrō verb ( grew ˈgrü ; also dialect growed ˈgrōd ; grown ˈgrōn ; also dialect growed ; growing ; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GROW — (v. t.) To cause to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as, to grow a crop; to grow wheat, hops, or …
Английский словарь Webster
GROW — ( v. t. ) To cause to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as, to grow a crop; to grow wheat, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
O — /oh/ , interj., n., pl. O's . interj. 1. (used before a name in direct address, esp. in solemn or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GROW — — growable , adj. /groh/ , v. , grew, grown, growing . v.i. 1. to increase by natural development, as …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GREEN — — greenage , n. — greenly , adv. /green/ , adj., greener, greenest , n. , v. adj. 1. of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
O — I. ˈō noun ( plural o's or os ˈōz) Usage: often capitalized, often attributive Date: before 12th century 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GREEN — I. ˈgrēn adjective Etymology: Middle English grene, from Old English grēne; akin to Old English grōwan to grow Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
O' — also o ə, ō Etymology: Middle English o, o-, contraction of on & of Date: 13th century 1. chiefly dialect …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GROW — verb ( grew ˈgrü ; grown ˈgrōn ; grow·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English grōwan; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GROW — vi to become attached of fixed; to adhere. 2. grow ·vi to pass from one state to another; to result …
Webster English vocab
GREEN — vt to make green. 2. green ·vi to become or grow green. 3. green ·superl not roasted; half raw. 4. …
Webster English vocab
RUSHES — the first prints made of a film after a period of shooting. → rush
Concise Oxford English vocab
O — O 1 (also o ) ■ noun ( plural Os or O's ) 1》 the fifteenth letter of the alphabet. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
GROW — [grow] vb grew ; grown ; grow.ing [ME, fr. OE growan; akin to OHG gruowan to grow] vi (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GREEN — [green] adj [ME grene, fr. OE grene; akin to OE growan to grow] (bef. 12c) 1: of the color green …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
O — I O, o BrE AmE əʊ AmE oʊ ▷ O's, o's, Os əʊz AmE oʊz —Communications code name: Oscar ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GREEN — green, Green BrE AmE ɡriːn ▷ greened ɡriːnd ▷ greener ˈɡriːn ə AmE - ə r ▷ greenest ˈɡriːn ɪst …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
O — / əʊ; NAmE oʊ/ noun , exclamation ■ noun (also o ) ( pl. Os , O's , o's / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GROW — / grəʊ; NAmE groʊ/ verb ( grew / gruː; NAmE / grown / grəʊn; NAmE groʊn/) INCREASE 1. grow (in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GREEN — / griːn; NAmE / adjective , noun , verb ■ adjective ( green·er , green·est ) COLOUR 1. having the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
O — I. O 1 BrE AmE , o /əʊ $ oʊ/ noun ( plural O’s , o’s ) 1 . [uncountable …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GROW — grow S1 W1 /ɡrəʊ $ ɡroʊ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense grew /ɡruː/, past participle grown /ɡrəʊn $ ɡroʊn/) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GREEN — I. green 1 S1 W2 /ɡriːn/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ green , ↑ greenery , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GROW — v. (past grew; past part. grown) 1 intr. increase in size, height, quantity, degree, or in any way regarded as …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GREEN — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 of the colour between blue and yellow in the spectrum; coloured like grass, emeralds, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GROW — v. (past grew; past part. grown) 1 intr. increase in size, height, quantity, degree, or in any way regarded as …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GREEN — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 of the colour between blue and yellow in the spectrum; coloured like grass, emeralds, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GROW — v. (past grew; past part. grown) 1. intr. increase in size, height, quantity, degree, or in any way regarded as …
Oxford English vocab
GREEN — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1. of the colour between blue and yellow in the spectrum; coloured like grass, emeralds, …
Oxford English vocab
O — 1. n. (also o) (pl. Os or O's) 1. the fifteenth letter of the alphabet. 2 (0) nought, zero (in …
Oxford English vocab
O’ — O’ is used in written English to represent the word ‘of’ pronounced in a particular way. I lost a lot …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GROW — ( grows, growing, grew, grown) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. When …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GREEN — ( greens, greener, greenest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Green is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
O — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES at three o'clock/seven thirty etc on the dot (= at exactly 3:00/7:30 etc ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GROW — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a child grows up ▪ One in four children is growing up in poverty. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GREEN — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a green field ▪ All around the house were green fields and rolling hills. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
O' — preposition - used in writing to represent of when its f is not pronounceda bottle o' beera bag o' chipsO' …
Cambridge English vocab
GROW — (INCREASE) [verb] [past simple] grew, [past participle] grown - to increase in size or amount, or to become more advanced …
Cambridge English vocab
O — (LETTER) (plural O's or Os), o (plural o's or os) [noun] [C] - the 15th letter of the English alphabetO …
Cambridge English vocab
GREEN — n. blue green algae Amadeus the Green Count Green Bank equation Green Bay Green Berets green manure Green Mountains green …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GREEN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GROW — verb 1 increase ADVERB ▪ fast , quickly , rapidly ▪ considerably , dramatically , significantly , substantially ▪ slowly …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
GROW — INDEX: 1. when people, animals, or plants get bigger 2. someone or something that has finished growing 3. to make …
Longman Activator English vocab
GREEN — n. 25B6; adjective a green scarf : viridescent; olive green, pea green, emerald green, lime green, bottle green, Lincoln green, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
GROW — v. 1 flourish, develop, increase, become larger or greater, enlarge, wax, swell, expand, broaden, thicken, spread, lengthen, multiply, burgeon or …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
RUSHES — ushers rhesus
Anagrams English vocabulary
GROW — verb 1 BAD : Many of these children grow in an atmosphere of violence. GOOD : Many of these children …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
GREEN — adjective, noun and verb (Environment) (Politics) adjective: Supporting or concerned with the conservation of the environment (see environment°), especially as …
Английский разговорный словарь - Новые слова
RUSHES — This refers to daily prints of a film used for evaluation purposes. (Laboratory)
Film and Video English vocabulary
RUSHES — Мчится
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
O' — I прист. O' префикс перед именами ирландского происхождения O'Connor ≈ O'Коннор II предл. 1) сокр. от of 2) сокр. от …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
O — I сокр. от Ocean океан II сокр. от ohm ом нуль, ноль (в номерах телефонов, обозначениях времени, дат и т. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GROW — гл.; прош. вр. - grew, прич. прош. вр. - grown 1) а) произрастать, расти Rice grows in water. ≈ Рис …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GREEN — 1. прил. 1) а) зеленый, зеленого цвета green with (envy) ≈ перен. позеленевший от (зависти) б) перен. бледный, зеленый; болезненный …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RUSHES — Натиски
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
O — _I 1. əʋ n ( pl O's, Os, o's, os, oes əʋz ) 1. 1> 15-я буква английского алфавита 2> …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GROW — grow.ogg grəʋ v (grew; grown) I 1. 1> расти, увеличиваться; усиливаться to grow to a large size - увеличиваться до …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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