SOD
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
sod
n 1: surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass
roots [syn: {turf}, {sod}, {sward}, {greensward}]
2: an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of superoxide into
hydrogen peroxide and oxygen; "oxygen free radicals are
normally removed in our bodies by the superoxide dismutase
enzymes" [syn: {superoxide dismutase}, {SOD}]
3: someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who
engages in anal copulation with another male) [syn:
{sodomite}, {sodomist}, {sod}, {bugger}]
4: an informal British term for a youth or man; "the poor sod
couldn't even buy a drink"
v 1: cover with sod
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Seethe \Seethe\, v. t. [imp. {Seethed}({Sod}, obs.); p. p.
{Seethed}, {Sodden}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seething}.] [OE.
sethen, AS. se['o]?an; akin to D. sieden, OHG. siodan, G.
sieden, Icel. sj??a, Sw. sjuda, Dan. syde, Goth. saubs a
burnt offering. Cf. {Sod}, n., {Sodden}, {Suds}.]
To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, to
seethe flesh. [Written also {seeth}.]
[1913 Webster]
Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons
of the prophets. --2 Kings iv.
38.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sod \Sod\, n. [Akin to LG. sode, D. zode, OD. sode, soode,
OFries. satha, and E. seethe. So named from its sodden state
in wet weather. See {Seethe}.]
That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with
the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf;
sward.
[1913 Webster]
She there shall dress a sweeter sod
Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. --Collins.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "sod":
acres, alluvion, alluvium, arable land, bugger, clay, clod, crust,
cur, dirt, divot, dog, dry land, dust, earth, freehold, glebe,
grassland, greensward, ground, land, landholdings, lithosphere,
louse, marginal land, marl, mold, puke, real estate, real property,
region, regolith, scum, skunk, snake, soil, subaerial deposit,
subsoil, sward, terra, terra firma, terrain, territory,
the country, topsoil, turf, woodland, wretch
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