grasshopper
/ˈɡɹæsˌhɑpəɹ/ verb C2- Of a crop, to be ruined or destroyed by grasshoppers.
- To move a riverboat over an obstruction, such as a sandbar.
He/she/it grasshoppers · Past grasshoppered · Past participle grasshoppered · -ing form grasshoppering
Verb forms
- Base form
- grasshopper
- He/she/it
- grasshoppers
- Past
- grasshoppered
- Past participle
- grasshoppered
- -ing form
- grasshoppering
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## The Ass And The Grasshopper
## The Ants and the Grasshopper
A Grasshopper, perishing with famine, passed by and earnestly begged for a little food.
Each stalk served as a perch for a grasshopper, which regaled the passers-by through this Egyptian scene with its strident, monotonous note.
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