sod
IPA: sˈɑd
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.
- (uncountable) Turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns.
- (countable) A piece of this.
- (Britain, Ireland, vulgar) Sodomite; bugger. (Out dated)
- (Britain, Ireland, slang, mildly derogatory, formerly considered vulgar) A person; often qualified with an adjective.
- (Britain, Ireland, mildly vulgar) Any trifling amount, a bugger, a damn, a jot.
- (Australia, colloquial) A damper (bread) which has failed to rise, remaining a flat lump.
- The rock dove.
- Abbreviation of superoxide dismutase.
- (business) Abbreviation of start of day.
- (security) Initialism of separation of duties. [(security) The requirement that two or more people must be involved in order to complete a high-risk task.]
verb
- To cover with sod.
- (transitive, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang, vulgar) Bugger; sodomize.
- (transitive, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang, vulgar) Damn, curse, confound.
adjective
- (obsolete) Boiled.
- (Australia, of bread) Sodden; incompletely risen.
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Examples of "sod" in Sentences
- He is such a sod.
- I am the mono lingual sod.
- Who do you think is a sod
- No flowers emblazon the sod.
- The man cuts sod in the middle of the night.
- The boy mowed the sod in front of his house.
- There are many different kids of bugs living on sod.
- The first sod had been cut by the Earl of Ellesmere.
- The main purpose of the sod is to hold the birch bark in place.
- The soil is then nicely graded and the sod is installed on top of it.
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