SPARROW GRASS

Meaning of SPARROW GRASS in English

■ noun dialect term for asparagus .

Origin

C17: corruption (by folk etymology) of obs. sparagus 'asparagus'.

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SPARROW GRASS — n. asparagus
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SPARROW-GRASS — сущ.; разг. спаржа Syn : asparagus n разг. спаржа sparrow-grass разг. спаржа
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPARROW-GRASS — Спаржа
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SPARROW-GRASS — _n. _разг. спаржа
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SPARROW-GRASS — спаржа
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SPARROW-GRASS — сущ. ; разг. спаржа Syn: asparagus
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SPARROW-GRASS — сущ.; разг. спаржа Syn: asparagus
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SPARROW-GRASS — _n. _собир. спаржа
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SPARROW-GRASS — n. собир. спаржа
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SPARROW-GRASS — спаржа
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
SPARROW-GRASS — _n. _разг. спаржа
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
SPARROW-GRASS — [n.] [разг.] спаржа
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
SPARROW-GRASS — n разг. спаржа
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
SPARROW-GRASS — сущ.; разг. спаржа Syn : asparagus n разг. спаржа sparrow-grass разг. спаржа
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPARROW — sparro. ~HAWK: sparvero
English interlingue dictionary
SPARROW — noun Etymology: Middle English sparow, from Old English spearwa; akin to Old High German sparo ~ Date: before 12th century …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SPARROW — I Any of numerous species of small, chiefly seed-eating songbirds having a conical bill, particularly members of the Old World …
Английский словарь Британика
GRASS — I Any of many low, green, nonwoody plants that make up the families Poaceae (or Gramineae), Cyperaceae ( rush es). …
Английский словарь Британика
GRASS — I. ˈgras, -aa(ə)-, -ai-, -ȧ- noun ( -es ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English gras, from Old English græs; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPARROW — ˈspa](ˌ)rō, ]_rə; ]_rəw, ]_rō+V; also ˈspe]\ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English sparwe, sparowe, sparow, from Old English spearwa; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPARROW — (n.) Any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the European …
Английский словарь Webster
SPARROW — (n.) One of many species of small singing birds of the family Fringilligae, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on …
Английский словарь Webster
SPARROW — ( n. ) One of many species of small singing birds of the family Fringilligae, having conical bills, and feeding …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPARROW — ( n. ) Any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPARROW — — sparrowless , adj. — sparrowlike , adj. /spar"oh/ , n. 1. any of numerous American finches of the family …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GRASS — — grassless , adj. — grasslike , adj. — grassward, grasswards , adv. adj. /gras, grahs/ , n. 1. any …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPARROW — n. any of a number of small songbirds
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GRASS — v. cover with grass; feed grass to livestock; produce grass; inform on (British Slang)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GRASS — I. ˈgras noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English gras, from Old English græs; akin to Old High German gras …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPARROW — noun Etymology: Middle English sparow, from Old English spearwa; akin to Old High German sparo sparrow Date: before 12th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPARROW — noun any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the european …
Webster English vocab
GRASS — vi to produce grass. 2. grass ·noun the season of fresh grass; spring. 3. grass ·vt to cover with grass …
Webster English vocab
SPARROW — ■ noun a small, typically brown and grey finch-like bird related to the weaver birds. [ Passer domesticus ( house …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SPARROW — [spar.row] n [ME sparow, fr. OE spearwa; akin to OHG sparo sparrow] (bef. 12c) 1: any of a genus (Passer …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GRASS — [grass] n, often attrib [ME gras, fr. OE graes; akin to OHG gras grass, OE growan to grow] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SPARROW — any of a number of small, chiefly seed-eating birds having conical bills. The name sparrow is most firmly attached to …
Britannica English vocabulary
SPARROW — sparrow, S~ BrE AmE ˈspær əʊ AmE -oʊ ˈsper- ▷ sparrow|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GRASS — grass, Grass BrE AmE ɡrɑːs § ɡræs AmE ɡræs —German [ ɡras ] ▷ grassed ɡrɑːst § ɡræst AmE ɡræst …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GRASS — / grɑːs; NAmE græs/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] a common wild plant with narrow green …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GRASS — I. grass 1 S2 W2 /ɡrɑːs $ ɡræs/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: græs ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPARROW — n. 1 any small brownish-grey bird of the genus Passer, esp. the house sparrow and tree sparrow. 2 any of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GRASS — n. & v. --n. 1 a vegetation belonging to a group of small plants with green blades that are eaten …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SPARROW — n. 1 any small brownish-grey bird of the genus Passer, esp. the house sparrow and tree sparrow. 2 any of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GRASS — n. & v. n. 1 a vegetation belonging to a group of small plants with green blades that are eaten …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPARROW — n.1 any small brownish-grey bird of the genus Passer, esp. the house sparrow and tree sparrow. 2 any of various …
Oxford English vocab
GRASS — n. & v. --n. 1. a vegetation belonging to a group of small plants with green blades that are eaten …
Oxford English vocab
SPARROW — ( sparrows) A sparrow is a small brown bird that is very common in Britain. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GRASS — ( grasses, grassing, grassed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Grass is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPARROW — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A curious sparrow follows them, mixing its ries with theirs. ▪ And ivy is where …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GRASS — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES artificial grass ▪ artificial grass tennis courts dry grass ▪ There had been no …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SPARROW — n. house sparrow English sparrow sparrow hawk
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SPARROW — n. Any of numerous species of small, chiefly seed-eating songbirds having a conical bill, particularly members of the Old World …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GRASS — n. bear grass bent grass couch grass quack grass Grass Günter Wilhelm
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GRASS — Synonyms and related words : Bengal grass, DET, DMT, English rye grass, Italian rye grass, Kentucky bluegrass, LSD, Mary Jane, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPARROW
Slang English vocab
SPARROW — noun Sparrow is used after these nouns: ↑ house
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
GRASS — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ green ▪ coarse , rough , thick ▪ soft ▪ lush ▪ long , tall ▪ short …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
GRASS — n. 25B6; noun he sat down on the grass : TURF, sod; lawn, green. See list. (informal) they smoked grass. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPARROW — (Heb. tzippor, from a root signifying to "chirp" or "twitter," which appears to be a phonetic representation of the call-note …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
SPARROW
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GRASS — 1. сущ. 1) а) трава, травинка; дерн to cut, mow (the) grass ≈ косить траву high, tall grass ≈ высокая …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPARROW — sparrow.ogg ʹspærəʋ n зоол. воробей ( Passer ) the fall of a sparrow - а) библ. падение малой птицы; б) …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GRASS — grass.ogg _I 1. grɑ:s n 1. 1> трава blade of grass - стебелёк травы, травинка to cut the grass - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SPARROW — n зоол. воробей ( Passer ) the fall of a sparrow - а) библ. падение малой птицы; б) судьба человека, …
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