different between sod vs stod

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

Noun

stod (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of stød

Anagrams

• DOTs, DTOs, TODs, dost, dots, tods

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sd?oð?], [?sd?o?]

Verb

stod

1. past tense of stå

Middle English

Verb

stod

1. first/third-person singular past of standen

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• sto

Verb

stod

1. simple past of stå

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

stod

1. past of stå

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *st?d?, from Proto-Indo-European *steh?- (“stand, set”). Cognate with Old High German stuot (“herd of horses”) (German Stute (“mare”)), Old Norse stóð (Swedish sto (“mare”)). The Indo-European root is also the source of Albanian shtazë (“animal, beast”) and Old Church Slavonic ????? (stado, “herd”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sto?d/

Noun

st?d n

1. an enclosure for breeding horses
2. a horse or horses used for breeding

Descendants

• Middle English: stode, stod, stude, stud
  • English: stud
  • Scots: stod, stud, stude, stuid
  • Yola: sthit

Verb

st?d

1. first/third-person singular preterite of standan

Swedish

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /stu?d/

Noun

stod c

1. a statue

Declension

Synonyms

• bildstod
• staty

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /stu?(d)/
• IPA^(key): /stu??/

Verb

stod

1. past tense of stå.