different between sod vs marl

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?d/
• Rhymes: -?d
• Homophone: sawed (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Etymology 1

From Middle English sod, sodde [attested since mid-15^th c.], from Middle Dutch zoden (“turf”) or Middle Low German sôde, soede (“turf”), both related to Dutch zode (“turf”), German Sode (“turf”), Old Frisian s?tha (“sod”), all being of uncertain ultimate origin.

Noun

sod (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.
   • 1746', William Collins, Ode written in the year 1746

2. Turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns.

Related terms

• soddie
• sodless

Translations

Verb

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

1. To cover with sod.

Translations

Etymology 2

From sodomize or sodomite, by shortening.

Noun

sod (plural sods)

1. (Britain, vulgar) Sodomite; bugger.
2. (Britain, slang, mildly pejorative, formerly considered vulgar) A person, usually male; often qualified with an adjective.

3. (Britain, mildly vulgar) Any trifling amount, a bugger, a damn, a jot.

Derived terms

• Sod’s law

Translations

Interjection

sod

1. (Britain, vulgar) expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.

Verb

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

1. (transitive, Britain, slang, vulgar) Bugger; sodomize.
2. (transitive, Britain, slang, vulgar) Damn, curse, confound.

   Sod him!, Sod it!, Sod that bastard!

Derived terms

• sod off

Etymology 3

From the Old English plural past tense, or a back-formation from the past participle sodden.

Verb

sod

1. (obsolete) simple past tense of seethe

Adjective

sod (comparative more sod, superlative most sod)

1. (obsolete) Boiled.
   • , New York, 2001, p.223:

2. (Australia, of bread) Sodden; incompletely risen.

Noun

sod (plural sods)

1. (Australia, colloquial) A damper (bread) which has failed to rise, remaining a flat lump.

Etymology 4

Noun

sod (plural sods)

1. The rock dove.

Anagrams

• DOS, DSO, DoS, OD's, ODS, OSD, SDO, do's, dos, dso, ods

Breton

Noun

sod m

1. imbecile

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sót (“soot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /so?d/, [soð?]
• Rhymes: -oð

Noun

sod c (singular definite soden, not used in plural form)

1. soot

Verb

sod

1. imperative of sode

Maltese

Etymology

From Italian sodo, from Latin solidus. Doublet of solidu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??t/

Adjective

sod (feminine singular soda, plural sodi)

1. firm; steadfast

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse soð. Doublet of sodd.

Noun

sod n (definite singular sodet, indefinite plural sod, definite plural soda)

1. boiling, bubbling
2. broth
3. meat soup

References

• “sod” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *s?d?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /só?t/

Noun

s??d m inan

1. barrel

Inflection

Volapük

Noun

sod (nominative plural sods)

1. sauce

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: mäl, IPA^(key): /m??l/
• (General American) enPR: märl, IPA^(key): /m??l/
• Rhymes: -??(?)l

Etymology 1

From Middle English marle, from Old French marle, from Late Latin marglia, diminutive of marga (“marl”).

Alternative forms

• marle

Noun

marl (countable and uncountable, plural marls)

1. A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and possibly sand, in very variable proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy.
   • 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 231]:

     The surroundings were unearthly. It was not a fish setting—only bare rock, no trees, pungent sagebrush, and marl dust floating when a truck passed.

   Synonym: marlstone

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• greensand

Verb

marl (third-person singular simple present marls, present participle marling, simple past and past participle marled)

1. (transitive) To cover with the earthy substance called marl.

Etymology 2

Verb

marl (third-person singular simple present marls, present participle marling, simple past and past participle marled)

1. (nautical) To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a peculiar hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.

   Synonym: marline

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References

Anagrams

• RAML