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noun
1.
the grassy surface of land; turf.
2.
a stretch of turf; a growth of grass.
verb (used with object)
3.
to cover with sward or turf.
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verb (used without object)
4.
to become covered with sward.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English (noun); Old English sweard skin, rind; cognate with German Schwarte rind, Old Frisian swarde scalp, Middle Dutch swaerde skin
before 900; Middle English (noun); Old English sweard skin, rind; cognate with German Schwarte rind, Old Frisian swarde scalp, Middle Dutch swaerde skin
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un·der·sward, noun
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sward
"grass-covered ground," O.E. sweard "skin, rind" (of bacon, etc.), from P.Gmc. *swarthu- (cf. O.Fris. swarde "skin of the head," M.Du. swarde "rind of bacon," Ger. Schwarte "thick, hard skin, rind," O.N. svörðr "walrus hide"). Meaning "sod, turf" developed c.1300, on notion of the "skin" of
EXPAND the earth (cf. O.N. grassvörðr, Dan. grønsvær "greensward").
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