Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A section of grass-covered surface soil held together by matted roots; turf.
- noun The ground, especially when covered with grass.
- transitive verb To cover with sod.
- noun A sodomite.
- noun A person regarded as obnoxious or contemptible.
- noun A fellow; a guy.
- transitive verb To damn.
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete preterit and past participle of seethe.
- To cover with sod; turf.
- noun The upper stratum of grass-land, containing the roots of grass and the other herbs that may be growing in it; the sward or turf.
- noun A piece of this grassy stratum pared or pulled off; a turf; a divot or fail.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.), Prov. Eng. The rock dove.
- imp. of
seethe . - transitive verb To cover with sod; to turf.
- noun That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete Simple past of
seethe . - adjective obsolete
Boiled . - adjective Australia Sodden; incompletely risen.
- noun Australia, colloquial A
damper (bread) which has failed to rise, remaining a flat lump. - noun uncountable That
stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface;turf ;sward . - noun Turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of
lawns . - verb To cover with sod.
- noun UK, vulgar
Sodomite ;bugger . - noun UK, slang, mildly pejorative, formerly considered vulgar A person, usually male; often qualified with an adjective.
- interjection UK, vulgar expression of
surprise ,contempt ,outrage ,disgust ,boredom ,frustration . - verb transitive, UK, slang, vulgar
Bugger ;sodomize . - verb transitive, UK, slang, vulgar Damn, curse, confound.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an informal British term for a youth or man
- verb cover with sod
- noun an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of superoxide into hydrogen peroxide and oxygen
- noun someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)
- noun surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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It seemed as if I should never be satisfied till I had felt the sod under my feet, sod in the Mulberry Bend!
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Not only does it take time to cut, compose and hammer, but the sod is uneasy too.
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All of us “civilized Westerners” would still be living in sod huts.
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Not only does it take time to cut, compose and hammer, but the sod is uneasy too.
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In the 1800's Americans used to live out on the prairies in sod huts before the days of the microwave burrito.
Thoughts on TSHTF wendigomountain 2010
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Because some middle class sod is too lazy and too dumb to test the water from the taps as one does BEFORE putting the plug in?
"Bath Safeguard" Measures the Temperature of the Water by Kai Chen » Yanko Design 2008
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Bit like now I suppose, sruggling in the half light trying to overcome an insurmountable problem while some treacly sod is in the background telling you how to go about it without having to demonstrate.
You See The Trouble With Me « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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You and your telescope; that is what we Brits call sod's law.
Anti-birdwatching device on my telescope Glenda Larke 2009
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The Korean sod is ecologically barren, and who wants more lawn, really?
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There are umpteen pressure groups from so called minorities, all busy being ‘offended’ or at least told that they should be offended so that as much fuss can be made as possible, and some poor sod is hauled over the coals.
Reach For The Stars « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2006
yarb commented on the word sod
Citation on nympho.
June 22, 2008
yarb commented on the word sod
Hwaet! When he went, as hordes will one day,
this provincial sod, who some say poeticised,
was missed by a wife, a mother and one
or two other women - no workmates spilt tears.
- Peter Reading, Remaindered, from Fiction, 1979
June 26, 2008
rolig commented on the word sod
In Slovene, the adjective sod means "even, divisible by two": soda števila "even numbers".
June 26, 2008
mollusque commented on the word sod
Yarb, how'd you get the extra spaces in there?
June 27, 2008
yarb commented on the word sod
I used non-breaking spaces, mollusque - an ampersand followed by "nbsp" - make sure you add a real space after your string of non-breaking spaces (i.e. before the text). I think I used four or five for each gap here.
June 27, 2008
sionnach commented on the word sod
Did someone say "Hwaet!"?
June 27, 2008
asativum commented on the word sod
Sionnach, I think you mispronounced that.
June 27, 2008
mollusque commented on the word sod
Thanks, yarb! Wish I'd known that all along. I wonder what other html works that John hasn't told us about?
June 28, 2008