turf

Oznaczający (Angielski)

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.

Koncepcje

darń

trawnik

torf

murawa

darnina

Synonimy

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

🔪🩸👤

lawns

playground

Tłumaczenia

gazon

Rasen

césped

Torf

pelouse

Grasnarbe

turba

çimen

torba

prato

gazonner

erba

graszode

territoire

tourbe

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/tɝf/

Etymologia (Angielski)

Dziedziczone z średnioangielski: turf

Dziedziczone z staroangielski: turf

Pokrewny z niderlandzki: turf

Pokrewny z Middle Low German: torf

Pokrewny z niemiecki: Torf

Pokrewny z szwedzki: torv

Pokrewny z norweski: torv

Pokrewny z islandzki: torf

Pokrewny z rosyjski: трава

Pokrewny z sanskryt: 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”).

Zdania

Heritage flung himself on the turf .

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