Sod

Definitions

1. A damper (bread) which has failed to rise, remaining a flat lump.
   Australia, colloquial
2. The rock dove.
3. Initialism of separation of duties.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
4. Abbreviation of superoxide dismutase.
   abbreviation, alt-of
5. The stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.
   uncountable
6. Sodomite; bugger.
   Ireland, UK, dated, vulgar
7. Abbreviation of start of day.
   abbreviation, alt-of
8. Turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns.
   uncountable
9. A person; often qualified with an adjective.
   Ireland, UK, derogatory, mildly, slang
10. A piece of this.
    countable
11. Any trifling amount, a bugger, a damn, a jot.
    Ireland, UK, mildly, vulgar

Equivalents

20 more languages

العربيةالأحمق، الأرض العشبية

Българскичим

Bosanskirogчим

Češtinadrn

Ελληνικάσοδομίτης

Esperantoturfo

Suomijuurikerrosnurmisiirtonurmi

Gàidhligfòidput

Hrvatskirogчим

Magyargyepkirakpázsitrög+ 1 more

Հայերենճիմ

한국어뗏장사초토탄

Latinacaespes

Македонскибазбусен

NederlandsGraszodeteellaag

Polskidarn

Русскийдёрнпидорчувак

Српскиrogчим

Svenskagräsmatta

Українськадерен

Examples

“She there shall dress a sweeter sod / Than Fancy's feet have⟳ ever trod.”

“The landscapers rolled sod onto the bare earth and made a presentable lawn by nightfall.”

“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].”

“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.”

“You mean⟳ old sod!”

“poor sod”

“unlucky sod”

“You silly sod.”

“I don’t care a sod.”

“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.”

“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 difficult to perpetrate because it requires the collusion of two or more individuals or parties.”

CEFR level