blade of grass en · NOUN
Meanings
- A single long, narrow leaf of a plant described by the mass noun grass.
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(rare) A very small amount of something.
"By the time I had walked much of the route of the Dartmoor Line with Christian, Matt and other Devon council staff, we knew what we wanted to achieve and the date we wanted to reopen the railway. There was not a blade of grass between us," says Davis.
2022 April 6, Anthony Lambert, “Industry is getting with the programme”, in RAIL, number 954, page 49:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| blades of grass | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
drop of water · grain of sand · speck of dust
Translations (20)
fr brin d’herbe (a single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass) · ru были́ца (a single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass) · vi lá cỏ (a single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass) · nl grashalm (a single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass) · de Grashalm (a single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass) · pl źdźbło trawy (a single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass) · pt folha de grama (a single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass) · it filo d'erba (a single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass) · ja 草の葉 (a single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass) · sv grässtrå (a single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass) · ia folio de herba (a single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass) · fi ruoho (a single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass) · ru трави́нка (a single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass) · da græsstrå (a single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass) · ru были́нка (a single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass) · et rohulible (a single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass) · vo yebastag (a single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass) · ru стебелёк травы́ (a single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass) · es brizna de hierba (a single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass) · nl sprietje (a single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass)