How to pronounce“sward”in English
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Definitions of “sward”
Earth which grass has grown into the upper layer of; greensward, sod, turf; (countable) a portion of such earth.
“His eyes he op'nd, and beheld a field, / Part arable and tilth, whereon were Sheaves / New reapt, the other part ſheep-walks and foulds; / Ith' midſt an Altar as the Land-mark ſtood / Ruſtic, of graſſie ſord; […]”
An expanse of land covered in grass; a lawn or meadow.
“It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.”
To cover (ground, etc.) with sward.
Of ground, etc.: to be covered with sward; to develop a covering of sward.
“[Land...] will not sward again […]”
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