sod

«sod» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A piece of grass with the earth and roots under it; turf — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (sod, sods); verb (sod off, sod it — rude); adjective-like «sodding» (rude)

meaning for a pupil

1) A piece of grass with the earth and roots under it; turf. tree →

2) (rude, UK, Ireland, Australia) An insulting word for an annoying or unpleasant person. tree →

3) (rude, UK) «Poor sod»: an unlucky person you feel sorry for. tree →

4) (rude, UK) «Sod it» or «sod this»: said when you are fed up and give up. tree →

5) (rude, UK) «Sod off»: go away. tree →

6) (UK, informal) «Sod's law»: the idea that if something can go wrong, it will. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: An old past tense of "seethe": it means boiled, so Jacob boiled the lentil stew. The Chronicler uses it for the holy offerings boiled in pots and pans at Josiah's Passover, while the Passover lamb itself was roasted. Interpretation: Tradition reads this as the stew of mourning lentils Jacob cooked after Abraham died, and the story shows Esau selling his birthright for it. At Josiah's Passover the people kept the law by roasting the lamb and boiling the other offerings. In the primary lessons: The grass sense is used in gardening and old stories (turning the first sod). The rude senses are mild swearing in British, Irish and Australian speech, heard in films and from grown-ups when angry; pupils should know them but not use them at school. Phrases: «sod off», «sod it», «poor sod», «Sod's law», «a lazy sod».

examples

• And Jacob sod pottage; and Esau came in from the field, and he was faint. (Torah GEN.25.29, JPS 1917) tree →
• And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance; and the holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and carried them quickly to all the children of the people. (Writings 2CH.35.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• They laid fresh sod on the football field. tree →
• The mayor turned the first sod for the new school. tree →
• (rude) «Sod off and leave me alone!» tree →
• (rude) «Sod it, I'm going home,» said Dad. tree →
• (rude) The poor sod missed the bus again. tree →
• (UK) Of course it rained on sports day — Sod's law! tree →
• (rude) «You lazy sod, get up!» tree →
• And his horse cast up four sods with his four hoofs, like four swallows in the air about his head, now above, now below. tree →

note

Rude senses are mild swearing — not for school, homework or polite talk. Mostly UK, Irish and Australian; Americans rarely use them. The grass sense is countable (a sod, sods) and polite. Not related to «soda» or «sodium».

In the corpora

• And Jacob sod pottage; and Esau came in from the field, and he was faint.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sod» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.