sod

See also: SOD, SoD, sód, sød, and soð

English

Workers laying sod.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɒd

Etymology 1

From Middle English sod, sodde [attested since mid-15^th c.], from Middle Dutch sode (“turf”) or Middle Low German sôde, soede (“turf”), both related to German Soden (“turf”), Old Frisian sātha (“sod”), all being of uncertain ultimate origin.

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.
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     She there shall dress a sweeter sod / Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.

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
• sodless

Translations

stratum of soil

• Armenian: ճիմ (hy) (čim)
• Dutch: teellaag (nl) m or f
• Finnish: juurikerros
• Italian: zolla (it), piota (it) f
• Latin: caespes m
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• Polish: darń (pl) f
• Russian: дёрн (ru) m (djorn)
• Scottish Gaelic: fòid f
• Serbo-Croatian: busen (sh)
• Westrobothnian:

turf grown for establishment of lawn

• Dutch: graszode (nl) m or f
• Finnish: siirtonurmi
• French: gazon (fr) m
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• Scottish Gaelic: fòid f
• Serbo-Croatian: tepih trava

Verb

1. To cover with sod.

   He sodded the worn areas twice a year.

Translations

to cover with sod

• French: gazonner (fr)
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Etymology 2

From sodomize or sodomite, by shortening.

Noun

sod (plural sods)

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

   You mean old sod!

   poor sod

   unlucky sod

   You silly sod

Derived terms

• Sod’s law

Translations

Sodomite; bugger

• Russian: пидор (ru) m (pidor)
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A person, usually male; often qualified with an adjective

• Russian: чувак (ru) m (čuvak)
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Interjection

sod

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

Verb

1. (transitive, British, slang, vulgar) Bugger; sodomize.
2. (transitive, British, 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.
   • Template:RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncly, 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.

2. (Australia, of bread) Sodden; incompletely risen.

   sod damper

Noun

sod (plural sods)

1. (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, 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

Noun

sod (plural sods)

1. The rock dove.

Anagrams

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

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Breton

Noun

sod m

1. imbecile

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sót (“soot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soːd/, [soðˀ]
• Rhymes: -oð

Noun

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

1. soot

Verb

sod

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of sode

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sǫdъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sóːt/

Noun

sọ̑d m inan

1. barrel

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	sód
gen. sing.	sóda
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	sód	sóda	sódi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	sóda	sódov	sódov
dative (dajȃlnik)	sódu	sódoma	sódom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	sód	sóda	sóde
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	sódu	sódih	sódih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	sódom	sódoma	sódi

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem, plural in -ôv-
nom. sing.	sód
gen. sing.	sóda
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	sód	sodôva	sodôvi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	sóda	sodôv	sodôv
dative (dajȃlnik)	sódu	sodôvoma	sodôvom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	sód	sodôva	sodôve
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	sódu	sodôvih	sodôvih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	sódom	sodôvoma	sodôvi

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Volapük

Noun

sod (nominative plural sods)

1. sauce

Declension

declension of sod

	singular	plural
nominative	sod	sods
genitive	soda	sodas
dative	sode	sodes
accusative	sodi	sodis
vocative 1	o sod!	o sods!
predicative 2	sodu	sodus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only