sod

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Interjection 1.3.3 Verb 1.3.3.1 Derived terms 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Verb 1.4.2 Adjective 1.5 Anagrams 2 Breton 2.1 Noun 3 Danish 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.4 Verb 4 Slovene 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun

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[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɒd

[edit] Etymology 1

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[edit] 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.

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[edit] Verb

to 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.

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[edit] Etymology 2

From sodomize, by shortening

[edit] Noun

sod (plural sods)

1. (British, vulgar) Sodomite; bugger.
2. (British, 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

[edit] Derived terms

• Sod’s law

[edit] Interjection

sod

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

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

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

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

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• sod off

[edit] Etymology 3

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

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sod

1. (obsolete) Simple past of seethe.

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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.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: dos , DoS, DOS
• dso, DSO
• ods, ODS
• SDO

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[edit] Breton

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sod m

1. imbecile

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse sót (“‘soot’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /soːd/, [soðˀ]

[edit] Noun

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

1. soot

[edit] Verb

sod

1. Imperative of sode.

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[edit] Slovene

[edit] Etymology

Common Slavic sud

[edit] Noun

sod m

1. barrel