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SOD

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: sodded    , sodding   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots

Synonyms:

greensward; sod; sward; turf

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("sod" is a kind of...):

ground; land; soil (material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sod"):

divot (a piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway (by an animals hooves or a golf club))

Derivation:

sod (cover with sod)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An informal term for a youth or man

Example:

the poor sod couldn't even buy a drink

Synonyms:

bozo; cat; guy; hombre; sod

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("sod" is a kind of...):

adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))

Domain region:

Britain (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)

Synonyms:

bugger; sod; sodomist; sodomite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("sod" is a kind of...):

degenerate; deviant; deviate; pervert (a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior)

Sense 4

Meaning:

An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of superoxide into hydrogen peroxide and oxygen

Example:

oxygen free radicals are normally removed in our bodies by the superoxide dismutase enzymes

Synonyms:

SOD; superoxide dismutase

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("SOD" is a kind of...):

enzyme (any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cover with sod

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "sod" is one way to...):

cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

sod (surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots)

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