Definition of "sod"

sod¹

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noun
plural sods
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.
  Quotations
  She there shall dress a sweeter sod / Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
  1746, William Collins, Ode written in the year 1746
2. (uncountable) Turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns.
3. (countable) A piece of this.
  Quotations
  In Walachia, green sods are laid on the window-sills and on the lintels of the doors to avert the uncanny crew [i.e. witches].
  1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 338
verb
third-person singular simple present sods, present participle sodding, simple past and past participle sodded
1. To cover with sod.

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noun
plural sods
1. (Britain, Ireland, vulgar) Sodomite; bugger.
  Quotations
  The Empire, in particular, was always thick with sods: they strolled side-by-side with the gay girls of the promenade, or stood, in little knots, exchanging gossip, comparing fortunes, greeting one another with flapping hands and high, extravagant voices.
  1998, Sarah Waters, Tipping the Velvet, Virago (2018), page 207
2. (Britain, Ireland, slang, mildly derogatory, formerly considered vulgar) A person; often qualified with an adjective.
3. (Britain, Ireland, mildly vulgar) Any trifling amount, a bugger, a damn, a jot.
interjection
1. (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, vulgar) expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.
verb
third-person singular simple present sods, present participle sodding, simple past and past participle sodded
1. (transitive, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang, vulgar) Bugger; sodomize.
2. (transitive, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang, vulgar) Damn, curse, confound.

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verb
1. (obsolete) simple past of seethe
  Quotations
  And Iacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and hee was faint.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Genesis 25:29
adjective
comparative more sod, superlative most sod
1. (obsolete) Boiled.
  Quotations
  Beer, if it be over-new, or over-stale, over-strong, or not sod, […] is most unwholesome, frets, and galls, etc.
  1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps
2. (Australia, of bread) Sodden; incompletely risen.
noun
plural sods
1. (Australia, colloquial) A damper (bread) which has failed to rise, remaining a flat lump.
  Quotations
  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.
  1954, Tom Ronan, Vision Splendid; quoted in Tom Burton, Words in Your Ear, Wakefield Press, 1999, page 120

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