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sod¹
- /sɒd/ UK
- /sɑd/ US
- /sɔd/ Australia
Sounds like sawed (cot–caught merger) · Rhymes with -ɒd
Where it comes from
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.
noun sods
- The stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward. She there shall dress a sweeter sod / Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
- Turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns. The landscapers rolled sod onto the bare earth and made a presentable lawn by nightfall.
- A piece of this. 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].
verb sods · sodding · sodded
- To cover with sod. He sodded the worn areas twice a year.
sod²
- /sɒd/ UK
- /sɑd/ US
- /sɔd/ Australia
Sounds like sawed (cot–caught merger) · Rhymes with -ɒd
Where it comes from
Clipping of sodomite or sodomize.
noun sods
- Sodomite; bugger. 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.
- A person; often qualified with an adjective. You mean old sod!
- Any trifling amount, a bugger, a damn, a jot. I don’t care a sod.
interjection
- expression of annoyance. 'Well, I'm afraid we're going to keep you waiting for a bit.' 'Oh sod,' said Fathers. 'I'm behind enough with everything as it is. How long, do you think ?'
verb sods · sodding · sodded
- Bugger; sodomize.
- Damn, curse, confound. Sod him!/Sod it!/Sod that bastard!
sod³
- /sɒd/ UK
- /sɑd/ US
- /sɔd/ Australia
Sounds like sawed (cot–caught merger) · Rhymes with -ɒd
Where it comes from
From the Old English plural past tense, or a back-formation from the past participle sodden.
verb
- simple past of seethe Iacob ſod potage ⁊ Eſau came from the feld ⁊ was faine […]
adjective more sod · most sod
- Boiled. Beer, if it be over-new, or over-stale, over-strong, or not sod,[…]is most unwholesome, frets, and galls, etc.
- Sodden; incompletely risen. sod damper
noun sods
- A damper (bread) which has failed to rise, remaining a flat lump. 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.
sod⁴
- /sɒd/ UK
- /sɑd/ US
- /sɔd/ Australia
Sounds like sawed (cot–caught merger) · Rhymes with -ɒd
noun sods
- The rock dove.
SOD⁵
noun
- Abbreviation of superoxide dismutase, any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the handling of free radicals in cellular metabolism.
- Abbreviation of start of day
- Initialism of sunflower oleodistillate or initialism of sunflower oil distillate (synonymous).
SoD⁶
noun
- Initialism of separation of duties 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 diff
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: turf, sward, greensward, sodomist, sodomite, bugger, grassland, lawn, peat, pitch, grass, carpet, barrel, land, rct, earth
Translations
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title = {sod},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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