surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
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an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of superoxide into hydrogen peroxide and oxygen
<noun.substance> oxygen free radicals are normally removed in our bodies by the superoxide dismutase enzymes
someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)
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an informal British term for a youth or man
<noun.person> the poor sod couldn't even buy a drink [ verb ]
cover with sod
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Seethe \Seethe\, v. t. [imp. {Seethed}({Sod}, obs.); p. p. {Seethed}, {Sodden}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seething}.] [OE. sethen, AS. se['o]?an; akin to D. sieden, OHG. siodan, G. sieden, Icel. sj??a, Sw. sjuda, Dan. syde, Goth. saubs a burnt offering. Cf. {Sod}, n., {Sodden}, {Suds}.] To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, to seethe flesh. [Written also {seeth}.]
Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets. --2 Kings iv. 38.
Sod \Sod\, n. (Zo["o]l.) The rock dove. [Prov. Eng.]
Sod \Sod\, obs. imp. of {Seethe}.
Sod \Sod\, n. [Akin to LG. sode, D. zode, OD. sode, soode, OFries. satha, and E. seethe. So named from its sodden state in wet weather. See {Seethe}.] That 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. --Collins.
Sod \Sod\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sodden}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sodding}.] To cover with sod; to turf.
Many bird species find golf courses and sod farms good feeding grounds, especially in urban areas where these large expanses of green are easy to spot from the air.
When he hit the lottery last September, Clark had been working for a sod company and living in an apartment building in Winter Park.
He bought the farm and broke the sod four years ago.
AstroTurf, the synthetic sod that makes it possible to play football, baseball and other sports where grass doesn't grow, had a 25th birthday party at the private school where it all began.
Cyr, who had grown up in a sod house in the Republican River Valley of Nebraska and had taught in country schools, was by then a noted authority on rural education.
They built a sod house, and when that first blizzard blew in, they took turns staying awake for 36 hours, burning bundles of straw so they wouldn't freeze to death.
The project's leader defended the plan to renovate the sod farmhouse where Welk was born and develop a German-Russian history museum and other tourist attractions.
They lived in a sod house not far from Orleans.
Then he drove a truck for over two decades while selling sod to gardeners on weekends.
Renovation work is under way on the 25-by 28-foot sod house built by Welk's father at the turn of the century.
One probe is not enough because it is sod's law (literally) that you will dig at the only patch of workable soil. Light is a trickier factor.
'Now he's a silly lary old sod'.' She is just as good on dogs.
When planting a new lawn or repairing major bare spots, use a special fertilizer formulated for starting seeds, sod or sprigs.