sod
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English sod, sodde [attested since mid-15th 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.
NounEdit
sod (uncountable)
- (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.
- Collins
- She there shall dress a sweeter sod / Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
- Collins
- 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.
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VerbEdit
sod (third-person singular simple present sods, present participle sodding, simple past and past participle sodded)
- To cover with sod.
- He sodded the worn areas twice a year.
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Etymology 2Edit
From sodomize or sodomite, by shortening.
NounEdit
sod (plural sods)
- (Britain, vulgar) Sodomite; bugger.
- (Britain, 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
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InterjectionEdit
sod
VerbEdit
sod (third-person singular simple present sods, present participle sodding, simple past and past participle sodded)
- (transitive, Britain, slang, vulgar) Bugger; sodomize.
- (transitive, Britain, slang, vulgar) Damn, curse, confound.
- Sod him!, Sod it!, Sod that bastard!
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Etymology 3Edit
Originally a back-formation from the past participle sodden.
VerbEdit
sod
AdjectiveEdit
sod (comparative more sod, superlative most sod)
- (obsolete) Boiled.
- 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970:, 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.
- (Australia, of bread) Sodden; incompletely risen.
- sod damper
NounEdit
sod (plural sods)
- (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.
- 1954, Tom Ronan, Vision Splendid, quoted in Tom Burton, Words in Your Ear, Wakefield Press (1999), →ISBN, page 120:
Etymology 4Edit
NounEdit
sod (plural sods)
- The rock dove.
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NounEdit
sod c (singular definite soden, not used in plural form)
VerbEdit
sod
- imperative of sode
SloveneEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *sǫdъ.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sọ̑d m inan
InflectionEdit
| Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | sód | ||
| gen. sing. | sóda | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | sód | sóda | sódi |
| accusative | sód | sóda | sóde |
| genitive | sóda | sódov | sódov |
| dative | sódu | sódoma | sódom |
| locative | sódu | sódih | sódih |
| instrumental | sódom | sódoma | sódi |
| Masculine inan., hard o-stem, plural in -ôv- | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | sód | ||
| gen. sing. | sóda | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | sód | sodôva | sodôvi |
| accusative | sód | sodôva | sodôve |
| genitive | sóda | sodôv | sodôv |
| dative | sódu | sodôvoma | sodôvom |
| locative | sódu | sodôvih | sodôvih |
| instrumental | sódom | sodôvoma | sodôvi |