grass vs tea

grass

noun
  • Various plants not in family Poaceae that resemble grasses. 

  • Asparagus; "sparrowgrass". 

  • Marijuana. 

  • Sharp, closely spaced discontinuities in the trace of a cathode-ray tube, produced by random interference. 

  • The season of fresh grass; spring or summer. 

  • An informer, police informer; one who betrays a group (of criminals, etc) to the authorities. 

  • The surface of a mine. 

  • A lawn. 

  • Noise on an A-scope or similar type of radar display. 

  • Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain. 

verb
  • To bring to the grass or ground; to land. 

  • To feed with grass. 

  • To act as a grass or informer, to betray; to report on (criminals etc) to the authorities. 

  • To lay out on the grass; to knock down (an opponent etc.). 

  • To cover with grass or with turf. 

  • To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc. 

tea

noun
  • The tea plant (Camellia sinensis); (countable) a variety of this plant. 

  • The break in play between the second and third sessions. 

  • The drink made by infusing these dried leaves or buds in hot water. 

  • Meat stock served as a hot drink. 

  • A light midafternoon meal, typically but not necessarily including tea. 

  • Any similar drink made by infusing parts of various other plants. 

  • Synonym of supper, the main evening meal, whether or not it includes tea. 

  • A moment, a historical unit of time from China, about the amount of time needed to quickly drink a traditional cup of tea. It is now found in Chinese-language historical fiction. 

  • A cup or (East Asia, Southern US) glass of any of these drinks, often with milk, sugar, lemon, and/or tapioca pearls. 

  • The dried leaves or buds of the tea plant; (countable) a variety of such leaves. 

  • Information, especially gossip. 

verb
  • To take afternoon tea (the light meal). 

  • To drink tea. 

  • To give tea. 

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