sward

American  

[swawrd] / swɔrd /

noun

1. the grassy surface of land; turf.

2. a stretch of turf; a growth of grass.

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verb (used with object)

1. to cover with sward or turf.

verb (used without object)

1. to become covered with sward.

sward British  

/ swɔːd /

noun

1. turf or grass or a stretch of turf or grass

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verb

1. to cover or become covered with grass

Other Word Forms

• undersward
  noun

Etymology

Origin of sward

before 900; Middle English (noun); Old English sweard skin, rind; cognate with German Schwarte rind, Old Frisian swarde scalp, Middle Dutch swaerde skin

Example Sentences

Closing the “ ‘Puff Bar loophole’ will hopefully end the whack-a-mole” that has bedeviled the FDA’s effort to regulate e-cigarettes, said Erika Sward, assistant vice president of national advocacy for the American Lung Association.

From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2022

“This throws young people under the bus,” said Erika Sward, national assistant vice president for advocacy at the American Lung Association.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2021

“Flavors attract kids, and menthol is a flavor,” said Erika Sward, a spokeswoman for the American Lung Association.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2019

“It is deeply disturbing,” said Erika Sward, assistant vice president of the American Lung Assn.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2017

Forsooth o'er-well The tale may we tell: Tis the spear and the sword And the House of the Sward.

From The Sundering Flood by Morris, May

Related Words

• earth
• grass
• ground
• sod
• soil
• terrain
• territory
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