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grass-covered

grass-covered

1 2.6
An area with grass growing on it
  • adjective
  • /ˈɡræsˌkʌvərd/
translation icon : cubierto de hierba
  • Occasionally, spotted seals will use grass-covered sand bars (Naito, 1973).
  • grass-covered hill
  • grass-covered dune
  • grass-covered hillside

Examples

  • I was on a wide grass-covered path that ran through the garden.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • The landscape changed dramatically after about 50 miles, with nothing but rolling, grass-covered hills stretching to the horizon.

    Blog text (9)

  • The hill where the U.S. troops were encamped was about three hundred yards long and a hundred yards wide, grass-covered, and almost treeless.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Today, all we can see is the outline of a few crumbling, grass-covered walls, but in its heyday this must have been an amazing refuge.

    Academic text (2006)

  • She could not even summon any tears as she stood above the small grass-covered mound that enclosed her mother.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • From her arrival on Rapa Nui until her departure in August 1915, the island's rolling, grass-covered hills, breaking surf, and endless sky entranced her.

    Academic text (2003)

  • We crossed the parallel linear dunes at a right angle, up a grass-covered dune, across its narrow top of red sand, down the next side, then across the bushy flat to the next dune.

    Blog text (10)

  • Snowcapped peaks edged the clear cobalt sky for miles in three directions, towering over the rugged grass-covered hills that lined the opposite side of the valley.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The wealthy family built their home on a beautiful grass-covered estate.

  • Children played happily on the grass-covered playground during the summer.

Synonyms

grassy
vsgrass-covered
34 1.0

An area covered with grass, like a field or lawn

emphasizes fuller or complete surface coverage rather than just a lot
grassed
vsgrass-covered
2.3

Covered by short green plants that grow on the ground like a lawn

is the same meaning but phrased with a different wording
lawned
vsgrass-covered
3.5

Covered with grass like a garden or park

applies more broadly to any surface with widespread natural growth
turfy
vsgrass-covered
4.9

Covered in grass or smelling like grass

focuses on general coverage rather than texture or smell
vegetated
vsgrass-covered
3.5

Covered with plants such as grass or small bushes

restricts meaning to surfaces mainly covered by one specific plant type

How Grassy

grassy
34 1.0
grass-covered
1 2.6
sparse
31 5.0
bare
217 2.2

Surface Forms

grass-covered positive

Morphology

grass-covered = grass + covered (transparent) = grass + cover + ed

The adjective is a straightforward compound of the noun 'grass' and the past-participle adjective 'covered', so the meaning 'covered with grass' is directly inferable.

Etymology

Grass-covered is simply made of grass and covered, so imagine the ground wearing a green 'blanket' of grass. That picture explains the meaning: 'covered with grass'.