Sod
noun
A piece of grass-covered surface soil with its roots, often used for planting.
They rolled out the sod to create a new lawn.
Often appears as...
- roll out the sod
- lay down sod
noun
An informal term for a person, often used in a somewhat annoyed or dismissive way.
Oh, that sod forgot to shut the gate again.
Often appears as...
- sod off
- poor sod
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
verb
To cover with sod or pieces of turf.
They decided to sod the bare patches of the field.
Often appears as...
- sod over
- decide to sod
interjection
An informal term used to show annoyance or to dismiss someone or something.
Sod off! I don't want to talk to you right now.
Often appears as...
- sod off
- sod it
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A piece of grass-covered surface soil with its roots, often used for planting.
They rolled out the sod to create a new lawn.
Often appears as...
- roll out the sod
- lay down sod
noun
An informal term for a person, often used in a somewhat annoyed or dismissive way.
Oh, that sod forgot to shut the gate again.
Often appears as...
- sod off
- poor sod
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
verb
To cover with sod or pieces of turf.
They decided to sod the bare patches of the field.
Often appears as...
- sod over
- decide to sod
interjection
An informal term used to show annoyance or to dismiss someone or something.
Sod off! I don't want to talk to you right now.
Often appears as...
- sod off
- sod it
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Gardening Context
Used when talking about gardening or landscaping for the natural environment.
The gardener advised us to place the sod in the shaded area.
Pro Tip 2/2Instant Lawn
'Sod' can refer to a quick solution for establishing a lawn without seeding.
They installed the sod and had an instant green lawn.
Pro Tip 1/2Gardening Context
Used when talking about gardening or landscaping for the natural environment.
The gardener advised us to place the sod in the shaded area.
Pro Tip 2/2Instant Lawn
'Sod' can refer to a quick solution for establishing a lawn without seeding.
They installed the sod and had an instant green lawn.
Pro Tip 1/2Gardening Context
Used when talking about gardening or landscaping for the natural environment.
The gardener advised us to place the sod in the shaded area.
Pro Tip 2/2Instant Lawn
'Sod' can refer to a quick solution for establishing a lawn without seeding.
They installed the sod and had an instant green lawn.
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Creating biologically...
sod and flowers to emanate from your feet as we continue on this journey of bridging the natural environment and architecture we want to expand our work by pushing our membres towards living systems what if this membres encourage
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The Ferocious Looking...
the Nile monitor is one of the most adaptable of all the sods animals in this constantly changing water world it's a winning strategy
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The Nature Purist PIPE Life...
this is the best way of life for me to live and I'm gonna do it as long as I can this is my sod house where I keep
Video examples
Creating biologically...
sod and flowers to emanate from your feet as we continue on this journey of bridging the natural environment and architecture we want to expand our work by pushing our membres towards living systems what if this membres encourage
Video examples
The Ferocious Looking...
the Nile monitor is one of the most adaptable of all the sods animals in this constantly changing water world it's a winning strategy
Video examples
The Nature Purist PIPE Life...
this is the best way of life for me to live and I'm gonna do it as long as I can this is my sod house where I keep
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Quote examples
Peter Milligan
British Writer
The DCU Constantine has to be the guy we know and love, with his same failings - otherwise what's the point of using him? But as I'm writing him, he's younger and has perhaps been through a bit less than the battered, aging old sod we meet in Vertigo.
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Fidel Castro
Statesman
The fact is, when men carry the same ideals in their hearts, nothing can isolate them - neither prison walls nor the sod of cemeteries. For a single memory, a single spirit, a single idea, a single conscience, a single dignity will sustain them all.
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Michael Foreman
British Artist
In big battle scenes, like 'King Arthur', you see the knights in all their fine armour, but they're not in the thick of it: follow the perspective, and you'll find some poor little sod, who didn't want to be there, anyway, with his head split.
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Alexei Sayle
British Comedian
Recently, my personal advisors have been telling me to go to America. Actually, people have been walking up to me in the street and telling me to sod off, but that's the same thing, isn't it?
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Paul McCartney
English Singer
At the end of the Beatles, I really was done in for the first time in my life. Until then, I really was a kind of cocky sod.
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Michael Gambon
British Actor
Maybe that is why kids like Dumbledore: because he is funny rather than a miserable old sod with a long white beard.
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Jo Brand
British Comedian
I like to read my diary occasionally to remind myself what a miserable, alienated old sod I used to be.
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Nick Cave
Australian Musician
People think I'm a miserable sod but it's only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions.
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David Niven
English Actor
Malta is a sod of a place.
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Teller
American Entertainer
I'm a lazy sod.
Quote examples
Peter Milligan
British Writer
The DCU Constantine has to be the guy we know and love, with his same failings - otherwise what's the point of using him? But as I'm writing him, he's younger and has perhaps been through a bit less than the battered, aging old sod we meet in Vertigo.
Quote examples
Fidel Castro
Statesman
The fact is, when men carry the same ideals in their hearts, nothing can isolate them - neither prison walls nor the sod of cemeteries. For a single memory, a single spirit, a single idea, a single conscience, a single dignity will sustain them all.
Quote examples
Michael Foreman
British Artist
In big battle scenes, like 'King Arthur', you see the knights in all their fine armour, but they're not in the thick of it: follow the perspective, and you'll find some poor little sod, who didn't want to be there, anyway, with his head split.
Quote examples
Alexei Sayle
British Comedian
Recently, my personal advisors have been telling me to go to America. Actually, people have been walking up to me in the street and telling me to sod off, but that's the same thing, isn't it?
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Paul McCartney
English Singer
At the end of the Beatles, I really was done in for the first time in my life. Until then, I really was a kind of cocky sod.
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Michael Gambon
British Actor
Maybe that is why kids like Dumbledore: because he is funny rather than a miserable old sod with a long white beard.
Quote examples
Jo Brand
British Comedian
I like to read my diary occasionally to remind myself what a miserable, alienated old sod I used to be.
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Nick Cave
Australian Musician
People think I'm a miserable sod but it's only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions.
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David Niven
English Actor
Malta is a sod of a place.
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Teller
American Entertainer
I'm a lazy sod.
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