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sod1

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noun
  1. a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
  2. the surface of the ground, especially when covered with grass; turf; sward.
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verb (used with object), sod·ded, sod·ding.
  1. to cover with sods or sod.
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Origin of sod1

1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle Dutch or Middle Low German sode turf
Related formssod·less, adjective

sod2

[sod]
verb Archaic.
  1. simple past tense of seethe.
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sod3

[sod]Chiefly British Slang.
noun
  1. sodomite; homosexual.
  2. chap; fellow; guy.
  3. child; kid; brat.
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verb (used with object), sod·ded, sod·ding.
  1. to damn: Sod the bloody bastard!
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Verb Phrases
  1. sod off, to leave (usually as an imperative): Why don't you just sod off!
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Origin of sod3

1875–80; by shortening of sodomite
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Examples from the Web for sodded

Historical Examples

  • "We can have the hole filled in and sodded over next spring," says Vee.

    Torchy As A Pa

    Sewell Ford

  • If the new earth can be sodded it aids greatly in concealing the trench.

  • The thud of them over the sodded prairies was rapidly decreasing.

  • Then the roof was covered with dirt about a foot deep and sodded over.

  • Have I been sodded down with Johnson grass by a pink-eyed snoozer, or what?'

British Dictionary definitions for sodded

sod1

noun
  1. a piece of grass-covered surface soil held together by the roots of the grass; turf
  2. poetic the ground
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verb sods, sodding or sodded
  1. (tr) to cover with sods
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Word Origin

C15: from Low German; compare Middle Low German, Middle Dutch sode; related to Old Frisian sātha

sod2

noun
  1. a person considered to be obnoxious
  2. a jocular word for a personthe poor sod hasn't been out for weeks
  3. sod all slang nothing
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interjection
  1. sod it a strong exclamation of annoyance
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See also sod off
Derived Formssodding, adjective

Word Origin

C19: shortened from sodomite
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Word Origin and History for sodded

sod

n.1

"turf, slice of earth with grass on it," mid-15c., apparently from Middle Dutch sode "turf," or Middle Low German sode, both related to Old Frisian satha "sod," all of uncertain origin. Perhaps the notion is water saturation and the group is related to sog. The (old) sod "Ireland" is from 1812.

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sod

n.2

term of abuse, 1818, short for sodomite (also see sodomy). British colloquial sod-all "nothing" is attested from 1958.

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sod

v.1

c.1400, "to cover with sod," from sod (n.). Related: Sodded; sodding.

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sod

v.2

in sod off (1960), British slang term of dismissal; see sod (n.2).

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