Turf Definition

tûrf
turfed, turfs, turves
noun
turfs
A surface layer of earth containing grass plants with their matted roots; sod; sward.
Webster's New World
An artificial substitute for such a grassy layer, as on a playing field.
American Heritage
A piece of this layer.
Webster's New World
Peat, or a piece of it for use as fuel.
Webster's New World
The range of the authority or influence of a person, group, or thing; a bailiwick.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb
turfed, turfs
To cover with turf.
Webster's New World
To throw out, as from a place or position; eject.
American Heritage
To kill.
American Heritage

(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.

Wiktionary

(business) To fire from a job or dismiss from a task.

Eight managers were turfed after the merger of the two companies.
Wiktionary
idiom
turf out
  • to throw out; remove, discard, dismiss, etc.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Turf

Noun

Singular:
turf
Plural:
turves, turfs

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Origin of Turf

  • From Middle English turf, torf, from Old English turf (“turf, sod, soil, piece of grass covered earth, greensward"), from Proto-Germanic *turbaz (“turf, lawn"), from Proto-Indo-European *dorbh- (“tuft, grass"). Cognate with Dutch turf (“turf"), Low German torf (“turf"), German dialectal Turbe (“turf"), German Torf (“peat, turf"), Swedish torf (“turf"), Icelandic torf (“turf"), Sanskrit [script?] (darbha, “a kind of grass").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Turf Sentence Examples

  • Seaside turf is the best.

  • Their turf wars and battle against the Dark One --and now Sasha --had stirred up some of the bloodiest wars in mankind's history.

  • Let the turf be taken off with the spade, and laid carefully aside for relaying.

  • If he kept their attention divided and their focus on their turf wars, he was largely overlooked.

  • Not satisfied with seed-sown grass or meadow turf, they experimented with seaside turf and found it answer admirably.

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Words Starting With

TTUTUR

Words Ending With

FRFURF

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Words Starting With T and Ending With F

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With T4 Letter Words Ending With F