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Sod
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- 1 Boiled. obsolete
"Beer, if it be over-new, or over-stale, over-strong, or not sod,[…]is most unwholesome, frets, and galls, etc."
- 2 Sodden; incompletely risen. Australia
"sod damper"
- 1 expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration. Ireland, UK, vulgar
- 1 The stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward. uncountable
"She there shall dress a sweeter sod / Than Fancy's feet have ever trod."
- 2 Sodomite; bugger. Ireland, UK, dated, vulgar
"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."
- 3 A damper (bread) which has failed to rise, remaining a flat lump. Australia, colloquial
"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."
- 4 The rock dove.
- 5 Abbreviation of superoxide dismutase. abbreviation, alt-of
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- 6 Initialism of separation of duties. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
"Separation of duties (SoD) is one of the key concepts of internal control and is the most difficult and sometimes the most costly control to achieve. SoD states that no single individual should have control over two or more phases of a transaction or operation, which makes deliberate fraud more difficult to perpetrate because it requires the collusion of two or more individuals or parties."
- 7 surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots wordnet
- 8 Turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns. uncountable
"The landscapers rolled sod onto the bare earth and made a presentable lawn by nightfall."
- 9 A person; often qualified with an adjective. Ireland, UK, derogatory, mildly, slang
"You mean old sod!"
- 10 Abbreviation of start of day. abbreviation, alt-of
- 11 an informal term for a youth or man wordnet
- 12 A piece of this. countable
"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]."
- 13 Any trifling amount, a bugger, a damn, a jot. Ireland, UK, mildly, vulgar
"I don’t care a sod."
- 14 someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male) wordnet
- 15 an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of superoxide into hydrogen peroxide and oxygen wordnet
- 1 To cover with sod.
"He sodded the worn areas twice a year."
- 2 Bugger; sodomize. Ireland, UK, slang, transitive, vulgar
- 3 simple past of seethe form-of, obsolete, past
"Iacob ſod potage ⁊ Eſau came from the feld ⁊ was faine […]"
- 4 cover with sod wordnet
- 5 Damn, curse, confound. Ireland, UK, slang, transitive, vulgar
"Sod him!, Sod it!, Sod that bastard!"
Etymology
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.
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.
Clipping of sodomite or sodomize.
Clipping of sodomite or sodomize.
Clipping of sodomite or sodomize.
From the Old English plural past tense, or a back-formation from the past participle sodden.
From the Old English plural past tense, or a back-formation from the past participle sodden.
From the Old English plural past tense, or a back-formation from the past participle sodden.
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