turf

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. (uncountable) A layer of earth covered with grass; sod.
2. (countable) A piece of such a layer cut from the soil. May be used as sod to make a lawn, dried for peat, stacked to form earthen structures, etc.
3. (countable) A block of peat used as fuel.
4. (countable, uncountable) A thick, carpet-like bed of algae.
5. (specifically, uncountable) A surface of synthetic fibers made to look like grass; artificial turf.
6. (slang, uncountable) A territory claimed by a gang as their own.
7. (broadly, uncountable) A person's domain or sphere of influence.
8. (uncountable, with-definite-article) A racetrack, hippodrome.
9. (uncountable, with-definite-article) The sport of racing horses.

Verb

1. To cover with turf; to create a lawn by laying turfs.
2. To throw a frisbee well short of its intended target, usually causing it to hit the ground within 10 yards of its release.
3. To fire from a job or dismiss from a task.
4. To cancel a project or product.
5. (informal, transitive) To expel, eject, or throw out; to turf out.
6. (transitive) To transfer or attempt to transfer (a patient or case); to eschew or avoid responsibility for.

Concetti

torba

prato

erba

cotico erboso

pianura

piotare

prateria

zolla

piota

tappeti erbosi

luogo coperto d’erba

luogo di pascolo

erbosa

zolla d'erba

pascolo

tappeto erboso

teritorio

strato erboso

zolla erbosa

zollare

cotica

sinonimi

sod

lawn

grass

sward

peat

greensward

territory

grassland

meadow

field

ground

racetrack

racecourse

race course

race track

rush

throw out

verdure

yard

grassy place

bailiwick

grass over

bury

circus

clod

divot

glebe

green

hippodrome

kick out

kill

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lawns

playground

Traduzioni

gazon

Rasen

césped

Torf

pelouse

Grasnarbe

turba

çimen

zode

gazonner

graszode

turf

territoire

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/tɝf/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: turf

Ereditato da inglese antico: turf

Affine olandese: turf

Affine Middle Low German: torf

Affine tedesco: Torf

Affine svedese: torv

Affine norvegese: torv

Affine islandese: torf

Affine russo: трава

Affine sanscrito: दर्भ

In summary

From Middle English turf, torf, from Old English turf (“turf, sod, soil, piece of grass covered earth, greensward”), from Proto-West Germanic *turb, from Proto-Germanic *turbz (“turf, lawn”), from Proto-Indo-European *derbʰ- (“tuft, grass”).
Cognate with Dutch turf (“turf”), Middle Low German torf (“peat, turf”) (whence German Torf and German Low German Torf), Swedish torv (“turf”), Norwegian torv (“turf”), Icelandic torf (“turf”), Russian трава (trava, “grass”), Sanskrit दर्भ (darbhá, “a kind of grass”), दूर्वा (dū́rvā, “bent grass”).

Frasi

Heritage flung himself on the turf .

Il patrimonio si gettò sul tappeto erboso.

The turf and gravel around it seemed charred as if by a sudden explosion .

Il tappeto erboso e la ghiaia intorno sembravano carbonizzati come da un'esplosione improvvisa.