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turf

[ UK /tˈɜːf/ ]
[ US /ˈtɝf/ ]
NOUN
  1. range of jurisdiction or influence
    a bureaucracy...chiefly concerned with turf...and protecting the retirement system
  2. surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
  3. the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own
VERB
  1. cover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots

How To Use turf In A Sentence

  • Pesticides may adsorb onto plant materials such as litter in no-till or minimum-till fields, the bark of trees, or thatch in turf.
  • Pasture lands and meadow lands are often greatly improved by replowing and harrowing in order to break up the turf that forms and to admit air more freely into the soil. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition
  • We need to turf the Democratic party out.
  • Now stadium officials have decided to turf out the rye grass surface and lay a fresh pitch. The Sun
  • If you choose to returf, know that turf farms have minimum order quantities and delivery charges and may only sell to contractors.
  • The pub with the most atmosphere is tiny Turf Tavern, which you get to by following two long, creepy, almost unnavigable alleys off a winding back street.
  • In correct rural circles, having your lawn turfed is regarded in the same light as wearing made-up bow ties.
  • For three years or so the squares lay open, and their sacred turf was trodden by the feet of working-class children, a sight to make dividend-drawers gnash their false teeth.
  • In areas where wood was scarce, e.g. many of the Northern Isles, some buildings had stone or turf walls.
  • A plain surface of benty turf lay before him, bright in the moonlight, dangerous to cross, upon which a few sheep came and went. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895
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