sod

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable) 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. (uncountable) Turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns.
3. (countable) A piece of this.

Verb

To cover with sod.

Intj

expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.

Verb

1. (Ireland, UK, slang, transitive, vulgar) Bugger; sodomize.
2. (Ireland, UK, slang, transitive, vulgar) Damn, curse, confound.

Verb

simple past of seethe

Adj

1. (obsolete) Boiled.
2. (Australia) Sodden; incompletely risen.

Synonyms

turf

lawn

sward

greensward

sodomite

bugger

faggot

grass

sodomist

shithead

loaf

lump

meadow

mean

moor

motherfucker

pasture

peat

peg

picket

pile

pole

prick

queer

rotten

rush

scalp

screw

shit-ass

son of a bitch

stake

superoxide dismutase

surface

swine

mother-fucker

shirtlifter

stratum of humus

humus stratum

humus layer

roll of turf

faget

banana crammer

soft butt

bastard

shitstick

bolus

clod

cowhide

divot

fag

Translations

gazon

césped

graszode

Rasen

Rasenstück

zolla erbosa

Sode

zode

pelouse

zolla

sodomite

sodomiste

Grassode

pédé

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɒd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sod

Cognate with Dutch: zode

Cognate with German: Sode

Cognate with Old Frisian: sātha

In summary

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.