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sod

Pronunciation: /sɒd/

The English word “sod” has 14 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.
  2. Turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns.
  3. A piece of this.
  4. Sodomite; bugger.
  5. A person; often qualified with an adjective.
  6. Any trifling amount, a bugger, a damn, a jot.
  7. A damper (bread) which has failed to rise, remaining a flat lump.
  8. The rock dove.

verb

  1. To cover with sod.
  2. Bugger; sodomize.
  3. Damn, curse, confound.

interjection

  1. expression of annoyance.

adjective

  1. Boiled.
  2. Sodden; incompletely risen.

Etymology

From Middle English sod, sodde first attested in the mid-15th century, from Middle Dutch zoden (“turf”) or Middle Low German sôde, soede (“turf”), both related to Dutch zode (“turf”), German Sode (“turf”), Old Frisian sātha (“sod”), all being of uncertain ultimate origin.

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