turf

English

Etymology

From Middle English turf, torf, from Old English turf (“turf, sod, soil, piece of grass covered earth, greensward”), from Proto-Germanic *turbaz (“turf, lawn”), from Proto-Indo-European *dorbh- (“tuft, grass”). Cognate with Dutch turf (“turf”), Low German torf (“turf”), German dialectal Turbe (“turf”), German Torf (“peat, turf”), Swedish torf (“turf”), Icelandic torf (“turf”), Sanskrit  (darbha, “a kind of grass”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)f

Noun

turf (plural turfs or turves or turf)

1. a layer of earth covered with grass; sod
2. a piece of such a layer cut from the soil and used to make a lawn
3. (Ireland) a sod of peat used as fuel.
4. (slang) the territory claimed by a person, gang, etc. as their own
5. a racetrack; or the sport of racing horses

Derived terms

• AstroTurf
• turf accountant
• turf bank
• turfen
• turfy

Translations

a layer of earth covered with grass; sod

• Czech: trávník (cs) m
• Dutch: zoden (nl), gazon (nl)
• French: gazon (fr) m
• German: Rasen (de) m
• Italian: erba (it), zolla (it) erbosa (it)

• Latvian: velēna (lv) f
• Norwegian: gressmatte (no) c
• Russian: дёрн (ru) (djorn) m
• Spanish: césped (es) m

a piece of such a layer cut from the soil and used to make a lawn

• French: une motte (fr) f de gazon (fr) m
• Italian: zolla d'erba (it) f
• Latvian: velēna (lv) f
• Norwegian: ferdigplen (no) m

• Russian: дёрн (ru) (djorn) m
• Scottish Gaelic: fòid (gd) f
• Swedish: torva (sv) c

a piece of peat used as fuel

• Czech: rašelina (cs) f
• Dutch: turf (nl)
• Norwegian: torv (no) c

• Scottish Gaelic: fòid (gd) f, fàd (gd) m
• Swedish: torv (sv)

(slang) the territory claimed by a person, gang, etc. as their own

• Portuguese: feudo (pt) m

• Swedish: täppa (sv) c

a racetrack; or the sport of racing horse

• French: hippodrome (fr) m, champ de courses (fr) m

• Spanish: hipódromo (es)

Verb

turf (third-person singular simple present turfs, present participle turfing, simple past and past participle turfed)

1. to create a lawn by laying turfs
2. (Ultimate Frisbee) To throw a frisbee well short of its intended target, usually causing it to hit the ground within 10 yards of its release.
3. (business) To fire from a job or dismiss from a task.

   Eight managers were turfed after the merger of the two companies.

4. (business) To cancel a project or product.

   The company turfed the concept car because the prototype performed poorly.

Derived terms

• turfer
• turf out

Translations

to create a lawn by laying turfs

• French: gazonner (fr)

(Ultimate Frisbee) To throw a frisbee well short of its intended target, usually causing it to hit the ground within 10 yards of its release

(business) to fire from a job

(business) to cancel a project

Anagrams

• ruft

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʏrf

Noun

turf ? (^??? please provide the plural!, ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

1. peat.

Anagrams

• ruft

Verb

turf

1. first-person singular present indicative of turven
2. imperative of turven