Seethe \Seethe\, v. t. [imp. Seethed(Sod, obs.); p. p.
   Seethed, Sodden; p. pr. & vb. n. Seething.] [OE.
   sethen, AS. se['o]?an; akin to D. sieden, OHG. siodan, G.
   sieden, Icel. sj??a, Sw. sjuda, Dan. syde, Goth. saubs a
   burnt offering. Cf. Sod, n., Sodden, Suds.]
   To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, to
   seethe flesh. [Written also seeth.]
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         Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons
         of the prophets.                         --2 Kings iv.
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	Sod \Sod\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sodden; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Sodding.]
   To cover with sod; to turf.
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	Sod \Sod\, n. (Zool.)
   The rock dove. [Prov. Eng.]
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	Sod \Sod\, n. [Akin to LG. sode, D. zode, OD. sode, soode,
   OFries. satha, and E. seethe. So named from its sodden state
   in wet weather. See Seethe.]
   That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with
   the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf;
   sward.
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         She there shall dress a sweeter sod
         Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.        --Collins.
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	Sod \Sod\, obs.
   imp. of Seethe.
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	sod
    n 1: surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass
         roots [syn: turf, sod, sward, greensward]
    2: an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of superoxide into
       hydrogen peroxide and oxygen; "oxygen free radicals are
       normally removed in our bodies by the superoxide dismutase
       enzymes" [syn: superoxide dismutase, SOD]
    3: someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who
       engages in anal copulation with another male) [syn:
       sodomite, sodomist, sod, bugger]
    4: an informal British term for a youth or man; "the poor sod
       couldn't even buy a drink"
    v 1: cover with sod

	

	48 Moby Thesaurus words for "sod":
   acres, alluvion, alluvium, arable land, bugger, clay, clod, crust,
   cur, dirt, divot, dog, dry land, dust, earth, freehold, glebe,
   grassland, greensward, ground, land, landholdings, lithosphere,
   louse, marginal land, marl, mold, puke, real estate, real property,
   region, regolith, scum, skunk, snake, soil, subaerial deposit,
   subsoil, sward, terra, terra firma, terrain, territory,
   the country, topsoil, turf, woodland, wretch