sod

Meanings

Noun

• That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.
• Turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns.
• Sodomite; bugger.
• A person, usually male; .
• Any trifling amount, a bugger, a damn, a jot.
• A damper (bread) which has failed to rise, remaining a flat lump.
• The rock dove.

Verb

• To cover with sod.
• Bugger; sodomize.
• Damn, curse, confound.
• Past of seethe

Interjection

• expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.

Adjective

• Boiled.
• Sodden; incompletely risen.

Origin

• From Middle English sod, sodde , from Middle Dutch zoden or Middle Low German sôde, soede, both related to Dutch zode, German Sode, Old Frisian sātha, all being of uncertain ultimate origin.
• From sodomite or sodomize, by shortening.
• From the Old English plural past tense, or a from the past participle sodden.