turf, sod, sward, greensward
(noun) surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sward (countable and uncountable, plural swards)
(uncountable) A layer of earth into which grass has grown; turf; sod.
(countable) An expanse of land covered in grass; a lawn or meadow.
(obsolete, UK, dialect) Skin; covering.
• (earth into which grass has grown): grass, turf, sod
• (land covered with grass): clearing, field, greensward, lawn, meadow, yard
sward (third-person singular simple present swards, present participle swarding, simple past and past participle swarded)
(transitive) To cover with sward.
sward (plural swards)
(Philippines) A homosexual man.
• -wards, draws, wards
Sward (plural Swards)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sward is the 28679th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 831 individuals. Sward is most common among White (95.19%) individuals.
• -wards, draws, wards
Source: Wiktionary
Sward, n. Etym: [AS. sweard skin, covering; akin to OFries. swarge, D. zwoord, G. schwarte, Icel. svör skin, sward of the earth.]
1. Skin; covering. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
2. The grassy surface of land; that part of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass; turf. The sward was trim as any garden lawn. Tennyson. Sward pork, bacon in large fitches. [Prov. Eng.]
Sward, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Swarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Swarding.]
Definition: To produce sward upon; to cover, or be covered, with sward. Mortimer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
