grass over

grass over — phrasal verb

  • grass overbase form
  • grasses over3rd person singular
  • grassing over-ing form
  • grassed overpast simple

1. to deliberately cover an area of bare soil by planting grass seeds or laying tur

1.片語動詞不及物B2
釋義

to deliberately cover an area of bare soil by planting grass seeds or laying turf, so the ground becomes grassy instead of muddy or dusty.

例句

After the builders finished laying the pipes, they grassed over the whole front garden.

transitive: grass + object + over

The old football pitch was grassed over and turned into a park for local families.

passive construction: was grassed over

同義詞
  • sod

    to cover with pre-grown grass turf; more common in American English

  • turf

    to lay turf on an area; largely interchangeable with 'sod' in British English

  • seed

    to sow grass seed; focuses on the planting action rather than the covering result

反義詞
  • dig up

    to remove grass and expose soil

  • pave over

    to cover with a hard surface instead of grass

文法句型

grass [area] over

be grassed over [with grass]

用法筆記

Commonly used in the passive voice ('it was grassed over') to describe a completed result rather than an ongoing action.

常見錯誤

❌We grassed the garden over with concrete.
✅We grassed the garden over with new sod.
💡'grass over' is specifically about planting or growing grass, not covering with other materials.
❌I grassed over the letter.
✅I grassed over the bare patch in the yard.
💡'grass over' refers to land or soil, not objects or documents.

grass over — idiom