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turf
noun (turfs or turves )
1
a the surface of an area of grassland that consists of a layer of grass, weeds, matted roots, etc plus the surrounding earth;
b a square piece that has been cut from this.
2 a slab of peat used as fuel.
3 (the turf) horse-racing, a racecourse or the racing world generally.
4 colloq
a an area of activity, operation, influence, etc; territory thinks of the computing department as his own turf ;
b chiefly US the area of a city that a criminal, detective, prostitute, etc works venturing into the 14th Precinct's turf .
verb (turfed , turfing ) to cover (an area of land, garden, etc) with turf.
[Anglo-Saxon tyrf ]
turfed adjective .
turfy adjective .
turf out Brit colloq to throw out, eject or expel.
noun (turfs or turves )
1
a the surface of an area of grassland that consists of a layer of grass, weeds, matted roots, etc plus the surrounding earth;
b a square piece that has been cut from this.
2 a slab of peat used as fuel.
3 (the turf) horse-racing, a racecourse or the racing world generally.
4 colloq
a an area of activity, operation, influence, etc; territory thinks of the computing department as his own turf ;
b chiefly US the area of a city that a criminal, detective, prostitute, etc works venturing into the 14th Precinct's turf .
verb (turfed , turfing ) to cover (an area of land, garden, etc) with turf.
[Anglo-Saxon tyrf ]
turfed adjective .
turfy adjective .
turf out Brit colloq to throw out, eject or expel.
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