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Webster 1913 Edition
Turf
Turf
(tûrf)
, Noun.
pl.
Turfs
(tûrfs)
, Obs.
Turves
(tûrvz)
. [AS.
turf
; akin to D. turf
peat, G. torf
, OHG. zurba
turf, Sw. & Icel. torf
turf, peat, Dan. törv
, Skr. darbha
a kind of grass, a tuft of grass. √242.] 1.
That upper stratum of earth and vegetable mold which is filled with the roots of grass and other small plants, so as to adhere and form a kind of mat; sward; sod.
At his head a grass-green
turf
. Shakespeare
The Greek historian sets her in the field on a high heap of
turves
. Milton.
2.
Peat, especially when prepared for fuel. See
Peat
. 3.
Race course; horse racing; – preceded by the.
“We . . . claim the honors of the turf.” Cowper.
☞ Turf is often used adjectively, or to form compounds which are generally self-explaining; as, turf ashes, turf cutter or turf-cutter, turf pit or turf-pit, turf-built, turf-clad, turf-covered, etc.
Turf ant
(Zool.)
, a small European ant (
– Formica flava
) which makes small ant-hills on heaths and commons. Turf drain
, a drain made with turf or peat.
– Turf hedge
, a hedge or fence formed with turf and plants of different kinds.
– Turf house
, a house or shed formed of turf, common in the northern parts of Europe.
– Turf moss
a tract of turfy, mossy, or boggy land.
– Turf spade
, a spade for cutting and digging turf, longer and narrower than the common spade.
Turf
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Turfed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Turfing
.] To cover with turf or sod;
as, to
. turf
a bank, or the border of a terraceA. Tucker.
Webster 1828 Edition
Turf
TURF
, n.1.
That upper stratum of earth and vegetable mold, which is filled with the roots of grass and other small plants, so as to adhere and form a kind of mat. This is otherwise called sward and sod.2.
Peat; a peculiar kind of blackish, fibrous, vegetable, earthy substance, used as fuel. [Dryden and Addison wrote turfs, in the plural. But when turf or peat is cut into small pieces, the practice now is to call them turves.]3.
Race-ground; or horse-racing. The honors of the turf are all our own.
TURF
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
turf
turf
English
Noun
turf (plural turfs or turves or turf)
- A layer of earth covered with grass; sod.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 8, in The Celebrity:
- Miss Thorn began digging up the turf with her lofter: it was a painful moment for me. ¶ “You might at least have tried me, Mrs. Cooke,” I said.
-
- A piece of such a layer cut from the soil and used to make a lawn.
- (Ireland) A sod of peat used as fuel.
- (slang) The territory claimed by a person, gang, etc. as their own.
- A racetrack; or the sport of racing horses.
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
a layer of earth covered with grass; sod
a piece of such a layer cut from the soil and used to make a lawn
a piece of peat used as fuel
(slang) the territory claimed by a person, gang, etc. as their own
a racetrack; or the sport of racing horse
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Verb
turf (third-person singular simple present turfs, present participle turfing, simple past and past participle turfed)
- to create a lawn by laying turfs
- (Ultimate Frisbee) To throw a frisbee well short of its intended target, usually causing it to hit the ground within 10 yards of its release.
- (business) To fire from a job or dismiss from a task.
- Eight managers were turfed after the merger of the two companies.
- (business) To cancel a project or product.
- The company turfed the concept car because the prototype performed poorly.
Derived terms
- turfer
- turf out
Translations
(Ultimate Frisbee) To throw a frisbee well short of its intended target, usually causing it to hit the ground within 10 yards of its release
(business) to fire from a job
(business) to cancel a project
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʏrf
Noun
turf m (plural turven, diminutive turfje n)
Anagrams
Verb
turf