sod

Noun (1)

sod (countable and uncountable, plural sods)

1. (uncountable) 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.1746, William Collins, Ode written in the year 1746
   • They are said to celebrate there every returning spring a great nocturnal festival. On the sod at its brink is spread a table-cloth white as the driven snow, covered with the most delicious viands.1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 432
2. (uncountable) 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.
3. (countable) 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].1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 338

Verb (1)

sod (third-person singular simple present sods, present participle sodding, simple past and past participle sodded)

1. To cover with sod.
   • He sodded the worn areas twice a year.
   • The innermore walls were sod inlayed with roots from trees, plants and weeds.2006, Paul Vela, Sealed with a Kiss, page 97

Noun (2)

sod (plural sods)

1. (Ireland, UK, dated, vulgar) 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.1998, Sarah Waters, Tipping the Velvet, Virago (2018), page 207
2. (Ireland, UK, derogatory, mildly, slang, formerly considered vulgar) A person; often qualified with an adjective.
   • You mean old sod!
   • poor sod
3. (Ireland, UK, mildly, vulgar) Any trifling amount, a bugger, a damn, a jot.
   • I don’t care a sod.

Interjection

1. (Ireland, UK, vulgar) 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 ?'1986, Dan Smith, Silver Spoon Murders, page 136

Verb (2)

sod (third-person singular simple present sods, present participle sodding, simple past and past participle sodded)

1. (Ireland, UK, slang, transitive, vulgar) Bugger; sodomize.
2. (Ireland, UK, slang, transitive, vulgar) Damn, curse, confound.
   • Sod him!/Sod it!/Sod that bastard!

Adjective

sod (comparative more sod, superlative most sod)

1. (obsolete) Boiled.
   • Beer, if it be over-new, or over-stale, over-strong, or not sod,[…]is most unwholesome, frets, and galls, etc.
2. (Australia) Sodden; incompletely risen.
   • sod damper

Noun (3)

sod (plural sods)

1. (Australia, colloquial) 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.1954, Tom Ronan, Vision Splendid; quoted in Tom Burton, Words in Your Ear, Wakefield Press, 1999, →ISBN, page 120

Noun (4)

sod (plural sods)

1. The rock dove.

Noun (5) capitalized: SOD

SOD

1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of superoxide dismutase, any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the handling of free radicals in cellular metabolism.
2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of start of day.

   Synonyms:

   BOD

   Antonyms:

   EOD, EOB, COB, EOW

3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of sunflower oleodistillate or initialism of sunflower oil distillate (synonymous).

Noun (6) capitalized: SoD

SoD (uncountable)

1. (abbreviation, initialism, security) 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...2009, Catherine Paquet, Implementing Cisco IOS Network Security (IINS), →ISBN