sod

[US]/sɒd/
[UK]/sɑd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a patch of grass; turf
vt. to cover with grass; to cover with sod

Phrases & Collocations

sod off

poor sod

lawn sod

sod's law

Example Sentences

The SOD like activity of analogue of SOD has measured by the method based reduction of nitro blue terrazolium (NBT) by lactoflavin .

Sod that for a lark! I’m not doing any more tonight.

primitive cottages made of sods of turf and sticks

Conclusion: Manipulation can improve SOD activity of DOA and alleviative degeneration of articular cartilage.

The SOD of Rosa roxburghii tratt can inhibite the light reduction of NBT,autooxidation of epinephrine and autooxidation of phenenyl.

The activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD) and nitratase (NR) in leaves increased with increasing of concentrations of CC.

On the first two days after exhaustive exercises the range of increase of SOD activity in skeletal muscles of rats under the hypoxic condition was not as much as that under the normoxic groups.

Superoxide dismutase(SOD) in eggs can inhibit the photoreduction of nitro-blue tetrazolium (NBT).Thisreaction can be used to quantitatively determine the enzyme activities of SOD.

After waiting for twenty minutes more, he thought ‘sod this for a game of soldiers’, and left.

The band always plays better when they’re not being recorded—but that’s Sod’s Law, isn’t it?

Abstract : Superoxide dismutase (SOD) is one of the important purger eliminate O2- out of body.Its shortened form is SOD.

Seabuckthorn belonging to Hippophae of Elaeagnaceae is a sheepberry or small arbor with small berries , which is rich in oil,flavone , SOD , different amino acids etc .

Objective: To probe the effects of siritch vapor condensate(SVC) on lipid peroxidation and of SOD-Se-enriched fruits of Lycium Barbarum L on anti-peroxidation in mice.

The resulsts indicated that:there was a great difference in the pollen shape of male and female Vitis, the pattern of SOD isozyme were the same in male and female dioecism Vitis;

Real-world Examples

They are gone; the golden-rod Flashes from the dark green sod.

Source: Original Chinese Language Class in American Elementary Schools

Go down through the orchard, root up the sod!

Source: Charlotte's Web

Oh, sod off, mate. What are you, her dad?

Source: Watch movies to learn English.

Built of sod, cut from the plains.

Source: America The Story of Us

In British English, we also say odds and sods.

Source: Grandparents' Vocabulary Lesson

No, " bits and bobs" it's like " odds and sods" .

Source: Dad takes you to learn vocabulary.

I've no idea what happened to him. Poor sod!

Source: Sherlock Original Soundtrack (Season 1)

Now in the name of God, ' he cried, spitting on his palms, let us raise the first sod!

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 4

Dad was already mad at me for tearing up the sod, so I knew I was in for it.

Source: Diary of a Little Kid 1: Haunted House Ideas

Small daisy came to stand in the middle of the sod.

Source: 101 Children's English Stories

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