sward

UK: /swɔːd/ US: /swɔrd/ ,(swôrd)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

sward /swɔrd/   n. [countable]

1. Botany the grassy surface of land;
   turf.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

sward (swôrd),  n. 

1. Botany the grassy surface of land;
   turf.
2. Botany a stretch of turf;
   a growth of grass.

v.t. 

3. Botany to cover with sward or turf.

v.i. 

4. Botany to become covered with sward.

• bef. 900; Middle English (noun, nominal); Old English sweard skin, rind; cognate with German Schwarte rind, Old Frisian swarde scalp, Middle Dutch swaerde skin

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sward / swɔːd/ noun

1. turf or grass or a stretch of turf or grass

verb

1. to cover or become covered with grass

Etymology: Old English sweard skin; related to Old Frisian swarde scalp, Middle High German swart hide