Meaning of Sod | Babel Free

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

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