creeping soft grass
- noun
- UK
- The meadow was dotted with creeping soft grass that felt like velvet underfoot.
Examples
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Gardeners often plant creeping soft grass for its soft texture and ability to spread quickly.
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The garden was covered in creeping soft grass.
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After the rain, creeping soft grass thrived in the shaded parts of the woodland.
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Many homeowners choose creeping soft grasses for their lawns.
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After the rain, creeping soft grass thrived in the shaded parts of the woodland.
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Gardeners often plant creeping soft grass for its soft texture and ability to spread quickly.
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The meadow was dotted with creeping soft grass that felt like velvet underfoot.
Synonyms
A grass from Europe with soft, velvety leaves that lives for many years and grows in meadows
A tall grass with soft stems grown for animal food
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase's meaning is a straightforward composition of its parts: 'creeping' describes a spreading growth habit, 'soft' describes texture, and 'grass' names the plant, so the overall concept of a low-growing, soft-textured grass is directly derivable. This adjective + adjective + noun pattern is morphologically and semantically transparent and common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily understand it.
Etymology
Creeping soft grass comes from how the plant creeps by sending long stems that slowly spread across the ground and how its soft leaves feel like velvet. So the words describe a low grass that spreads quietly and feels gentle underfoot.