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Definition of 'sod'English
Etymology 1
(en)
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.
* Collins
- She there shall dress a sweeter sod / Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
Turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns.
- The landscapers rolled sod onto the bare earth and made a presentable lawn by nightfall.
Related terms
* soddie
Verb
( sodd)
To cover with sod.
- He sodded the worn areas twice a year.
Etymology 2
From sodomize, by shortening
Noun
( en-noun)
(British|vulgar) Sodomite; bugger.
(British|slang|mildly pejorative|formerly considered vulgar) A person, usually male; (often qualified with an adjective).
- You mean old sod !
- poor sod
- unlucky sod
Derived terms
* Sod’s law
Interjection
( en-interj)
(UK|vulgar) expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.
Verb
( sodd)
(transitive|British|slang|vulgar) Bugger; sodomize.
(transitive|British|slang|vulgar) Damn, curse, confound.
- Sod''' him!'', '''''Sod''' it!'', '''''Sod that bastard!
Derived terms
* sod off
Etymology 3
Originally a the past participle ((sodden)).
Verb
(head)
(obsolete) (seethe)
Adjective
( en-adj)
(obsolete) Boiled.
*, New York, 2001, p.223:
- Beer, if it be over-new, or over-stale, over-strong, or not sod ,is most unwholesome, frets, and galls, etc.
(Australia|of bread) Sodden; incompletely risen.
- sod damper
Noun
( en-noun)
(Australia|colloquial) A damper (bread) which has failed to rise, remaining a flat lump.
* 1954 , Tom Ronan, Vision Splendid'', quoted in Tom Burton, ''Words in Your Ear , Wakefield Press (1999), ISBN 1-86254-475-1, page 120:
- And Mart the cook the shovel took / And swung the damper to and fro. / 'Another sod , so help me God, / That's fourteen in a flamin' row.
Etymology 4
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