sod

noun8

1. •
   (slang, offensive) A person; often qualified with an adjective.

   • You mean old sod!
   • You silly sod.
2. •
   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
3. •
   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.
4. •
   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
5. •
   (UK, vulgar) Any trifling amount, a bugger, a damn, a jot.

   • I don’t care a sod.
6. •
   (vulgar, old-fashioned) Sodomite; bugger.
7. •
   (Australia, informal) 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
8. •
   The rock dove.

adjective2

1. •
   (Australia) Sodden; incompletely risen.
2. •
   (no longer used) Boiled.

   • Beer, if it be over-new, or over-stale, over-strong, or not sod,[…]is most unwholesome, frets, and galls, etc.

verb3

1. •
   (slang, vulgar) Damn, curse, confound.

   • Sod him!/Sod it!/Sod that bastard!
2. •
   To cover with sod.

   • He sodded the worn areas twice a year.
3. •
   (slang, vulgar) Bugger; sodomize.

exclamation1

1. •
   (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

noun3

1. •
   Abbreviation of superoxide dismutase, any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the handling of free radicals in cellular metabolism.
2. •
   Abbreviation of start of day.
3. •
   Initialism of sunflower oleodistillate or initialism of sunflower oil distillate (synonymous).

noun1

1. •
   Initialism of separation of duties.