lawn

Plurallawns

Formslawns, lawning, lawned

1. 1
   nouncountable or uncountable

   An area of short grass, usually next to a house, that people cut to keep it neat.

   Like a green carpet of grass spread around a house.

   He mowed the lawn every Saturday during the summer.

   The kids played on the soft lawn behind the house.

   Similargrass, turf, yard

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   A thin, light cloth made from linen or cotton.

   Like a thin, light cloth you could almost see light through.

   Her summer blouse was made of pale blue lawn.

   A lawn dress keeps you cool on hot days.

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3. 3
   verbtransitive

   To put grass on an area of ground to make a lawn.

   Like laying a green carpet over bare dirt.

   They plan to lawn the bare patch beside the driveway.

   We should lawn the backyard before the party.

   Similarturf, grass, sod

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4. 4
   nouncountable or uncountableplural

   Pieces of thin linen cloth, used to make the sleeves of a bishop's robe.

   The bishop's lawn was freshly starched for the ordination.

   She mended the worn lawn at the cuffs of the bishop's robe.

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5. 5
   noundialectalhistoricalEnglandcountable or uncountable

   An open piece of ground between areas of trees or woods.

   Like a gap of open ground in the middle of a thick forest.

   The deer grazed on the lawn between the two stands of oak.

   They crossed a wide lawn before reaching the deeper forest.

   Similarglade, clearing

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6. 6
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A thick layer of tiny living things, like bacteria, that has grown to cover a whole dish.

   Like grass growing so thick that you cannot see any bare ground between the blades.

   After two days the bacteria formed a solid lawn across the dish.

   The whole plate was one even lawn, with no single spots to count.

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