sod

See also sód, and sød

English

Workers laying sod.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɒd

Etymology 1

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Noun

sod (uncountable)

1. (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.
2. 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

Translations

stratum of soil

Finnish: juurikerros (fi) Russian: дёрн (ru) (djorn) m.

Scottish Gaelic: fòid (gd) f.

turf grown for establishment of lawn

Finnish: siirtonurmi (fi) French: gazon (fr) m.

Scottish Gaelic: fòid (gd) f.

Verb

sod (third-person singular simple present sods, present participle sodding, simple past and past participle sodded)

1. To cover with sod.

   He sodded the worn areas twice a year.

Translations

to cover with sod

French: gazonner (fr)

Etymology 2

From sodomize, by shortening

Noun

sod (plural sods)

1. (UK, vulgar) Sodomite; bugger.
2. (UK, slang, formerly considered vulgar) A person, usually male. (mildly pejorative, often qualified with an adjective).

   You mean old sod!; poor sod; unlucky sod

3. (Australian, colloquial) A damper (the food) which has failed to rise when cooked (remaining a flat lump).

   1954: 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.
   — Tom Ronan, Vision Splendid, 1954, quoted in Tom Burton, Words in Your Ear, Wakefield Press, 1999, ISBN 1-86254-475-1, page 120

Derived terms

• Sod’s law

Interjection

sod

1. (UK, vulgar) expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.

Verb

sod (third-person singular simple present sods, present participle sodding, simple past and past participle sodded)

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

   Sod him!, Sod it!, Sod that bastard!

Derived terms

• sod off

Etymology 3

Originally a back-formation from the past participle (sodden).

Verb

sod

1. (obsolete) Simple past of seethe.

Adjective

sod (comparative more sod, superlative most sod)

1. (obsolete) Boiled.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, 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.

Anagrams

• DOS, DoS, do's, dos, DSO, dso, ODS, ods, SDO

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Breton

Noun

sod m

1. imbecile

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sót (“soot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /soːd/, [soðˀ]

Noun

sod c. (singular definite soden, not used in plural form)

1. soot

Verb

sod

1. imperative of sode

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Slovene

Etymology

Common Slavic sud

Noun

sod m

1. barrel