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Sod
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| sod's law
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Sod
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Sod has 4 senses
- sod(n = noun.object) greensward, sward, turf - surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots; Array has particulars: divot
- sod(n = noun.substance) superoxide dismutase - an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of superoxide into hydrogen peroxide and oxygen; "oxygen free radicals are normally removed in our bodies by the superoxide dismutase enzymes" is a kind of enzyme
- sod(n = noun.person) bugger, sodomist, sodomite - someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male); Array is a kind of degenerate, deviant, deviate, pervert
- sod(n = noun.person) Array - an informal British term for a youth or man; "the poor sod couldn't even buy a drink" is a kind of bozo, cat, guy, hombre
is a kind of ground, land, soil
Derived form verb sod1
Verb Sod has 1 sense
- sod(v = verb.contact) Array - cover with sod; Array is one way to cover
Derived form noun sod1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
Sod, n.
The rock dove. [1913 Webster]
Sod, imp.
Sod, n. [Akin to LG. sode, D. zode, OD. sode, soode, OFries. satha, and E. seethe. So named from its sodden state in wet weather. See Seethe.].
That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward. [1913 Webster]
"She there shall dress a sweeter sod
Than Fancy's feet have ever trod." [1913 Webster]
Than Fancy's feet have ever trod." [1913 Webster]
Sod, v. t.
To cover with sod; to turf. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Sod, n. & v.
--n.
1 turf or a piece of turf.
2 the surface of the ground.
--v.tr. (sodded, sodding) cover (the ground) with sods.
--n.
1 turf or a piece of turf.
2 the surface of the ground.
--v.tr. (sodded, sodding) cover (the ground) with sods.
Idiom
under the sod in the grave.
Sod, n. & v. esp. Brit. coarse sl.
Idiom
sod off go away. Sod's Law = MURPHY'S LAW.
Usage
Often considered a taboo word.
--n.
1 an unpleasant or awkward person or thing.
2 a person of a specified kind; a fellow (the lucky sod).
--v.tr. (sodded, sodding)
1 (often absol. or as int.) an exclamation of annoyance (sod them, I don't care!).
2 (as sodding adj.) a general term of contempt.
--n.
1 an unpleasant or awkward person or thing.
2 a person of a specified kind; a fellow (the lucky sod).
--v.tr. (sodded, sodding)
1 (often absol. or as int.) an exclamation of annoyance (sod them, I don't care!).
2 (as sodding adj.) a general term of contempt.
Etymology
abbr. of SODOMITE
THESAURUS
Sod
acres, alluvion, alluvium, arable land, bugger, clay, clod, crust, cur, dirt, divot, dog, dry land, dust, earth, freehold, glebe, grassland, greensward, ground, land, landholdings, lithosphere, louse, marginal land, marl, mold, puke, real estate, real property, region, regolith, scum, skunk, snake, soil, subaerial deposit, subsoil, sward, terra, terra firma, terrain, territory, the country, topsoil, turf, woodland, wretchROGET THESAURUS
Sod
Plain
N plain, table-land, face of the country, open country, champaign country, basin, downs, waste, weary waste, desert, wild, steppe, pampas, savanna, prairie, heath, common, wold, veldt, moor, moorland, bush, plateau, campagna, alkali flat, llano, mesa, mesilla, playa, shaking prairie, trembling prairie, vega, meadow, mead, haugh, pasturage, park, field, lawn, green, plat, plot, grassplat, greensward, sward, turf, sod, heather, lea, ley, lay, grounds, maidan, agostadero, champaign, alluvial, campestral, campestrial, campestrian, campestrine.
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