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s | sod |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun sod is

sodium.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    sod

    English

    Etymology 1

    (en)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (uncountable) That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.
  • * Collins
    • 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.
    Related terms
    * soddie

    Verb

    (sodd)
  • To cover with sod.
    • He sodded the worn areas twice a year.

    Etymology 2

    From sodomize, by shortening

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, vulgar) Sodomite; bugger.
  • (British, slang, mildly pejorative, formerly considered vulgar) A person, usually male; (often qualified with an adjective).
    • You mean old sod !
    poor sod
    unlucky sod
    Derived terms
    * Sod’s law

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (UK, vulgar) expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.

    • Verb

    (sodd)
  • (transitive, British, slang, vulgar) Bugger; sodomize.
  • (transitive, British, slang, vulgar) Damn, curse, confound.
    • Sod''' him!'', '''''Sod''' it!'', '''''Sod that bastard!
    Derived terms
    * sod off

    Etymology 3

    Originally a the past participle ((sodden)).

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) (seethe)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Boiled.
  • *, New York, 2001, p.223:
    • Beer, if it be over-new, or over-stale, over-strong, or not sod ,is most unwholesome, frets, and galls, etc.
  • (Australia, of bread) Sodden; incompletely risen.
    • sod damper

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Australia, colloquial) A damper (bread) which has failed to rise, remaining a flat lump.
  • * 1954 , Tom Ronan, Vision Splendid'', quoted in Tom Burton, ''Words in Your Ear , Wakefield Press (1999), ISBN 1-86254-475-1, page 120:
    • 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.

    Etymology 4

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The rock dove.

    • Anagrams

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