English

Workers laying sod.

Noun

sod ‎(uncountable)

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.
   • Collins

     She there shall dress a sweeter sod / Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.

2. 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.

Related terms

• soddie
• sodless

Translations

Verb

sod ‎(third-person singular simple present sods, present participle sodding, simple past and past participle sodded)

1. To cover with sod.

   He sodded the worn areas twice a year.

Translations

Etymology 2

From sodomize, by shortening

Noun

sod ‎(plural sods)

1. (Britain, vulgar) Sodomite; bugger.
2. (Britain, slang, mildly pejorative, formerly considered vulgar) A person, usually male; often qualified with an adjective.

   You mean old sod!

   poor sod

   unlucky sod

Derived terms

• Sod’s law

Interjection

sod

1. (Britain, vulgar) expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.

Verb

sod ‎(third-person singular simple present sods, present participle sodding, simple past and past participle sodded)

1. (transitive, Britain, slang, vulgar) Bugger; sodomize.
2. (transitive, Britain, slang, vulgar) Damn, curse, confound.

   Sod him!, Sod it!, Sod that bastard!

Derived terms

• sod off

Etymology 3

Originally a back-formation from the past participle sodden.

Verb

sod

1. (obsolete) simple past tense of seethe

Adjective

sod ‎(comparative more sod, superlative most sod)

1. (obsolete) Boiled.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, 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.

2. (Australia, of bread) Sodden; incompletely risen.

   sod damper

Noun

sod ‎(plural sods)

1. (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 1-86254-475-1, 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 4

Noun

sod ‎(plural sods)

1. The rock dove.

Anagrams

• DOS, DoS, do's, dos, DSO, dso, ODS, ods, SDO

Breton

Noun

sod m

1. imbecile

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sót ‎(“soot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soːd/, [soðˀ]
• Rhymes: -oð

Noun

sod c (singular definite soden, not used in plural form)

1. soot

Verb

sod

1. imperative of sode

Lojban

Rafsi

sod

1. rafsi of sodva.

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sǫdъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsóːt/
• Tonal orthography: sọ̑d

Noun

sód m inan ‎(genitive sóda, nominative plural sódi or sodôvi)

1. barrel

Declension

Volapük

Noun

sod ‎(plural sods)

1. sauce

Declension