(a.) Covered with grass; abounding with grass; as, a grassy lawn.
(a.) Resembling grass; green.
Example Sentences:
(1) The smoky density of the mackerel was nicely offset by the pointed black olive tapenade and the fresh, zingy flavours present in little tangles of tomato, shallot, red pepper and spring onion, a layer of pea shoots and red chard, and the generous dressing of grassy olive oil.
(2) Continue straight on at two roundabouts from where the pavement makes its way alongside Salisbury Crags to reach an obvious grassy path.
(3) The latter of these focus on the things Chile does best: wine and pisco, the local brandy with a grassy colour and spicy-sweet taste.
(4) This is not like him.’” Grassi said he told friends they should not rush to judgment and that he didn’t think they had all the facts.
(5) He also imagined himself sitting on a grassy knoll in Poland, a country he had never visited, surrounded by rolling hills as dawn broke over the roof of the world on 26 May to reveal not a bucolic scene but the reality of his position – perched over a white abyss.
(6) Paddling along the densely wooded coastline, the view ahead was suddenly broken by asymmetrical shapes rising up from a grassy headland.
(7) and Grassi Milano observed that when the female gonads were cultured without steroid or gonadotrophic hormones at the start of differentiation an hermaphrodite left ovary and a male right one were formed.
(8) There are spaces built for air-delivered nukes inside grassy tumuli behind twelve-foot fences, tattoo parlours and US Air Force golf courses.
(9) 3 Turn right, follow the path through the trees until you reach a grassy area.
(10) This grassy plain is well stocked with all kinds of wildlife, including the Rocky Mountain Elk and Black-tailed deer that are the wolves’ main sources of food.
(11) Everyone I spoke to offered me advice and support and, once the race had started, the track was lined with strangers shouting the kind of encouragement usually found in the titles of a self-help library; “Don’t look back!”, “Go for it!” “Don’t be scared – be fast!” There was even a young girl with a bell, sitting on a grassy bank, ringing each lap and calling out encouragement to every rider.
(12) The route leads past Bleamoss Beck, then winds its way through the bracken landscape before crossing a grassy hollow to the foot of Wrynose Pass.
(13) Each night brought the excitement of finding the perfect camping spot in a grassy dell or spotless beach and the opportunity to explore using the Canadian canoe that we towed behind the raft.
(14) Grassi exchanged emails with Pope Francis, who was then Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, when the country was debating legalising same-sex marriage, which it did in 2010.
(15) A busy highway flanking the river bank of the French capital would be replaced by waterside gardens, children’s play areas and grassy walkways.
(16) Pittini and Grassi Milano added FSH and LH to cultures of 15 days-old chick embryos testicles and ovaries and found that only male gonads developed similar to normal embryos.
(17) Nine monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) developed against Plasmodium vivax (Grassi & Feletti) salivary gland sporozoites were evaluated for use in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), using sporozoites developed in Anopheles dirus Peyton & Harrison An.
(18) Grassi said that after the Davis story came out and he was contacted by the media, he thought: “Perhaps this is the time to defend him.
(19) The footpath cuts low between grassy banks that immediately recall classic canal topography; two cast-iron bridges, still with their towing paths intact, complete the illusion.
(20) I think the world has gone mad when apparently you cannot build a house at Moore Creek because of White Box grassy woodlands but you can build a super mine in the middle of the Breeza Plains,” Joyce said before voicing strenuous opposition to the project in his capacity as minister for agriculture.
Greasy
Definition:
(superl.) Composed of, or characterized by, grease; oily; unctuous; as, a greasy dish.
(superl.) Smeared or defiled with grease.
(superl.) Like grease or oil; smooth; seemingly unctuous to the touch, as is mineral soapstone.
(superl.) Fat of body; bulky.
(superl.) Gross; indelicate; indecent.
(superl.) Affected with the disease called grease; as, the heels of a horse. See Grease, n., 2.
Example Sentences:
(1) Homozygotes have sparse greasy fur and lower viability and fertility than normal littermates.
(2) Ivanovic simply seemed to pull a muscle when he slipped on the greasy surface.
(3) We head off for breakfast at a greasy caff in London's West End.
(4) After allowing the 0.25% greasy ointment to take effect for 6 hours, about half of the dose applied to rats and three quarters of that applied to pigs could be removed from the application area (rejection rate).
(5) The tiny room, furnished with a battered old desk and greasy-looking mattress, resembles a monastic cell.
(6) Touch the soil, as Dughan did, and as his daughter did too at the sight of him, and it felt greasy, heavy, as if someone had poured cream onto loam.
(7) Immunization to provoke a persistent anti-melatonin antibody response at the winter solstice resulted in significantly increased greasy fleece weight, % cashmere yield, and mass of cashmere produced, but no change in fibre diameter in both sexes.
(8) The concentration and base in which a steroid is used influence this activity, and traditional greasy ointments are probably the most effective vehicles.
(9) The Jamaican lived up to his showbiz reputation as he made light of the greasy conditions and waved to the delighted crowd on his way to the blocks.
(10) Traditionally, such an outcome has felt beyond all realms of reason and possibility, with the notion that a decent sort of chap could politick his way to the top of Vatican's greasy poll more outlandish even than the idea that such a soul could take the White House.
(11) The Italian greasy spoon (now gone) sold overpriced, watery cappuccino, but was only yards from both Downing Street and the Treasury, and its interior, only dimly visible from the street, was small enough to deter eavesdroppers.
(12) The resistance of the virus was tested in vitro in a fluid medium of 50% Henk's balanced saline solution, 50% Eagle's medium MEM and a supplement of 10% normal calf serum as well as its resistance on artificially virus infected pig skin and greasy wool of sheep.
(13) The only art scene in Glasgow at the time was figurative painting: people with long greasy hair and moustaches who were like, "I could've been a shipbuilder, but I decided to be a painter instead."
(14) There was subjective benefit in hair growth and greasiness and a significant reduction in the semi-objective Ferriman-Gallwey index in nine of 10 subjects assessed for at least 9 months.
(15) We go back again and again for another greasy burger or indeterminate hunk of fish, knowing full well how bad it is for us.
(16) We rely on consumers information regarding the following properties of sunscreens: stickiness, oily shine, greasiness, discoloration, odor, and tolerance.
(17) The majority of complaints concerned the greasiness of mupirocin ointment.
(18) In the Middle East, where sport has over the past 15 years become increasingly important as a means of projecting soft power and building nationhood, involvement in bidding for events and climbing the greasy pole in international sports organisations has become a useful means of obtaining and retaining personal standing.
(19) The advantages of immediate wound closure in case of open leg wounds, as opposed to delayed repair or the use of greasy dressings, need no longer be proven.
(20) In both the twelve and four month studies the marked placebo effect of "youthful skin appearance", and on skin greasiness in the twelve month study, indicate that no reliance can be placed on patient judgement of skin texture and appearance.