sod
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /sɒd/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒd
- Homophone: sawed (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English sod, sodde first attested in the mid-15th century, from Middle Dutch zoden (“turf”) or Middle Low German sôde, soede (“turf”), both related to Dutch zode (“turf”), German Sode (“turf”), Old Frisian sātha (“sod”), all being of uncertain ultimate origin.
NounEdit
sod (plural sods)
- (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.
- 1746, William Collins, Ode written in the year 1746
- She there shall dress a sweeter sod / Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
- 1746, William Collins, Ode written in the year 1746
- (uncountable) 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.
- (countable) A piece of this.
- 1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 338:
- 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].
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
stratum of soil
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turf grown for establishment of lawn
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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.
TranslationsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From sodomite or sodomize, by shortening.
NounEdit
sod (plural sods)
- (Britain, Ireland, vulgar) Sodomite; bugger.
- 1998, Sarah Waters, Tipping the Velvet, Virago (2018), page 207:
- 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.
- (Britain, Ireland, slang, mildly derogatory, formerly considered vulgar) A person; often qualified with an adjective.
- You mean old sod!
- poor sod
- unlucky sod
- You silly sod
- (Britain, Ireland, mildly vulgar) Any trifling amount, a bugger, a damn, a jot.
- I don’t care a sod.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
InterjectionEdit
sod
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, vulgar) expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.
VerbEdit
sod (third-person singular simple present sods, present participle sodding, simple past and past participle sodded)
- (transitive, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang, vulgar) Bugger; sodomize.
- (transitive, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang, vulgar) Damn, curse, confound.
- Sod him!, Sod it!, Sod that bastard!
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
From the Old English plural past tense, or a back-formation from the past participle sodden.
VerbEdit
sod
- (obsolete) simple past tense of seethe
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 25:29:
- And Iacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and hee was faint.
AdjectiveEdit
sod (comparative more sod, superlative most sod)
- (obsolete) Boiled.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:, 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.
Etymology 4Edit
NounEdit
sod (plural sods)
- The rock dove.
AnagramsEdit
BretonEdit
NounEdit
sod m
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sod c (singular definite soden, not used in plural form)
VerbEdit
sod
- imperative of sode
MalteseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Italian sodo, from Latin solidus. Doublet of solidu.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse soð. Doublet of sodd.
NounEdit
sod n (definite singular sodet, indefinite plural sod, definite plural soda)
ReferencesEdit
- “sod” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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 (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 |
| 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 |
Further readingEdit
- “sod”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
VolapükEdit
NounEdit
sod (nominative plural sods)