Sward

//swɔːd//

Synonyms for "sward" (9 found)

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Noun(2 words)

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Translations

20 translations across 8 languages.

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Bulgarian

3 entries
  • морава noun (expanse of land covered in grass; lawn, meadow)
  • чим noun (earth into the upper layer of which grass has grown; portion of such earth; sod; turf)
  • затревявам verb (to cover (ground, etc.) with sward)

French

2 entries
  • gazon noun (earth into the upper layer of which grass has grown; portion of such earth; sod; turf)
  • pelouse noun (expanse of land covered in grass; lawn, meadow)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • kaszáló noun (expanse of land covered in grass; lawn, meadow)
  • mező noun (expanse of land covered in grass; lawn, meadow)
  • tarló noun (earth into the upper layer of which grass has grown; portion of such earth; sod; turf)

Irish

1 entries
  • báinseach noun (expanse of land covered in grass; lawn, meadow)

Italian

3 entries
  • erba noun (earth into the upper layer of which grass has grown; portion of such earth; sod; turf)
  • prato noun (expanse of land covered in grass; lawn, meadow)
  • zolla noun (earth into the upper layer of which grass has grown; portion of such earth; sod; turf)

Polish

1 entries
  • darń noun (earth into the upper layer of which grass has grown; portion of such earth; sod; turf)

Romanian

4 entries
  • gazon noun (earth into the upper layer of which grass has grown; portion of such earth; sod; turf)
  • iarbă noun (earth into the upper layer of which grass has grown; portion of such earth; sod; turf)
  • iarbă noun (expanse of land covered in grass; lawn, meadow)
  • pajiște noun (earth into the upper layer of which grass has grown; portion of such earth; sod; turf)

Russian

3 entries
  • газо́н noun (expanse of land covered in grass; lawn, meadow)
  • дёрн noun (earth into the upper layer of which grass has grown; portion of such earth; sod; turf)
  • луг noun (expanse of land covered in grass; lawn, meadow)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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Then too the sheep began to bleat, while the lambs frisked on the sward, or stooped under their mothers to suck. And the he-goats contended for their mates, jealously guarding the one they selected from the approaches of any rival.

Source: tatoeba (6213103)

His eyes he op'nd, and beheld a field, / Part arable and tilth, whereon were Sheaves / New reapt, the other part ſheep-walks and foulds; / Ith' midſt an Altar as the Land-mark ſtood / Ruſtic, of graſſie ſord; […]

Source: wiktionary

There is a dale in Ida, lovelier / Than any in old Ionia, beautiful / With emerald slopes of sunny sward, that lean / Above the loud glenriver, which hath worn / A path thro' steepdown granite walls below / Mantled with flowering tendriltwine.

Source: wiktionary

The road wound through the greenest sward, in which trees of venerable growth were relieved by a profusion of shrubs, and flowers gathered into baskets intertwined with creepers, or blooming from Etruscan vases, placed with a tasteful and classic care, in such spots as required filling up, and harmonised well with the object chosen.

Source: wiktionary

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