I. ˈsäd noun
( -s )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English sod, sodde, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German sode; akin to Old Frisian sātha sod
1.
a. : the upper stratum of the soil that is filled with the roots of grass or other herbs : turf , sward
b. : a piece or section of such sod (as for grassing a lawn)
2.
a. : the grass-covered surface of the ground
hired nesters to break sod for 50 cents an acre — F.B.Gipson
clambered on to the wet-soaked sod of land — Michael McLaverty
b. : country 2a — usually used in the phrase old sod
would take a trip to the old sod — J.T.Farrell
II. transitive verb
( sodded ; sodded ; sodding ; sods )
: to cover with sod
many gullies on the ridge have been sodded with grass — American Guide Series: Arkansas
sodded earthen bunkers capped three walls — B.A.Roth
III. adjective
archaic , of food : boiled or prepared by boiling ; sometimes : soggy , unpalatable
IV.
Etymology: Middle English soden (past plural), from Old English sudon
archaic
past of seethe
V. ˈsäd noun
( -s )
Etymology: short for sodomite
chiefly Britain : bugger
you bleary-eyed murderous sod — Ernest Hemingway
picture palace for the silly sods to go and get rid of the rest of their minds in — Richard Llewellyn
VI. abbreviation
sodium
VII. transitive verb
( sodded ; sodded ; sodding ; sods )
Etymology: from sod (V)
chiefly Britain : damn 5