chess
4
9.9
- noun
- /tʃɛs/
- Archaic
:
Bromus secalinus
- Farmers often struggle to control the spread of chess in their crops.
- chess piece
- chess game
- play chess
Examples
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The tall grass in the field, often recognized as chess, flourished among the wheat.
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Photo (color): The rare discovery of a late-12th-century chess piece (a bishop) was the impetus for the $1.2 million excavations.
Academic text (2008) -
The country fairs involve computer chess.
Fiction book (1999) -
. . . . .the Math CIub and the Chess CIub.
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Chess pie—how to make it?
Blog text (33) -
So whereas researchers expected to unearth ceramics, horse trappings, and perhaps some weapons, they were amazed to find a chess piece.
Academic text (2008) -
Given that most people only put up with me due to my culinary skills, I'd like to add to my repertoire one of the great Southern classics: the chess pie.
Blog text (33) -
In early summer, chess quickly takes over the fields, making it hard for wheat to grow.
Synonyms
2
9.9
A wild grass that grows among grain crops and is considered a weed
A grass that grows as a weed in wheat fields and is often mistaken for young wheat
Compounds
11
2.0
A board game for two players who move pieces to trap the other player's king so it cannot move
- Specialized
A wild grass with soft hairy leaves that grows each year in the Mediterranean region
- Slang
A situation that needs very careful thinking many steps ahead and many layers of planning
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chess for the weed comes from an old English name for a grain weed, so a helpful way to remember it is as the 'false grain' that sneaks into wheat and reduces the harvest.