sod

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noun

a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
the surface of the ground, especially when covered with grass; turf; sward.

verb (used with object), sod·ded, sod·ding.

to cover with sods or sod.

Origin of sod

1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle Dutch or Middle Low German sode turf

Related formssod·less, adjective

sod

[sod]

verb Archaic.

simple past tense of seethe.

sod

[sod]Chiefly British Slang.

noun

sodomite; homosexual.
chap; fellow; guy.
child; kid; brat.

verb (used with object), sod·ded, sod·ding.

to damn: Sod the bloody bastard!

Verb Phrases

sod off, to leave (usually as an imperative): Why don't you just sod off!

Compare bugger¹.

Origin of sod

1875–80; by shortening of sodomite

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Related Words for sodded

verdant, lush, green, matted, sowed, tangled, reedy, sedgy, sodded, turfy

Examples from the Web for sodded

Historical Examples of sodded

"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.
Manual of Military Training
James A. Moss
The thud of them over the sodded prairies was rapidly decreasing.
The Trail Boys on the Plains
Jay Winthrop Allen
Then the roof was covered with dirt about a foot deep and sodded over.
Harper's Young People, June 14, 1881
Various
Have I been sodded down with Johnson grass by a pink-eyed snoozer, or what?'
Heart of the West
O. Henry

British Dictionary definitions for sodded

sod

noun

a piece of grass-covered surface soil held together by the roots of the grass; turf
poetic the ground

verb sods, sodding or sodded

(tr) to cover with sods

Word Origin for sod

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

sod

noun

a person considered to be obnoxious
a jocular word for a personthe poor sod hasn't been out for weeks
sod all slang nothing

interjection

sod it a strong exclamation of annoyance

Word Origin for sod

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.

sod

n.2

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

sod

v.1

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

sod

v.2

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