sward

sward

S0933400 (swôrd) also swarth (swôrth)n.1. Land covered with grassy turf.2. A lawn or meadow.

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[Middle English, from Old English sweard, skin.]

sward

(swɔːd) n (Botany) turf or grass or a stretch of turf or grassvb (Botany) to cover or become covered with grass[Old English sweard skin; related to Old Frisian swarde scalp, Middle High German swart hide]

sward

(swɔrd)

n. 1. the grassy surface of land; turf. 2. a stretch of turf; a growth of grass. [before 900; Old English sweard skin, rind, c. Old Frisian, Middle Dutch, Middle Low German swarde scalp, Old Norse svǫrthr scalp, walrus hide]

sward

- The rind of bacon or pork.See also related terms for rind.

sward

Past participle: swarded
Gerund: swarding

Imperative
sward
sward

Present
I sward
you sward
he/she/it swards
we sward
you sward
they sward

Preterite
I swarded
you swarded
he/she/it swarded
we swarded
you swarded
they swarded

Present Continuous
I am swarding
you are swarding
he/she/it is swarding
we are swarding
you are swarding
they are swarding

Present Perfect
I have swarded
you have swarded
he/she/it has swarded
we have swarded
you have swarded
they have swarded

Past Continuous
I was swarding
you were swarding
he/she/it was swarding
we were swarding
you were swarding
they were swarding

Past Perfect
I had swarded
you had swarded
he/she/it had swarded
we had swarded
you had swarded
they had swarded

Future
I will sward
you will sward
he/she/it will sward
we will sward
you will sward
they will sward

Future Perfect
I will have swarded
you will have swarded
he/she/it will have swarded
we will have swarded
you will have swarded
they will have swarded

Future Continuous
I will be swarding
you will be swarding
he/she/it will be swarding
we will be swarding
you will be swarding
they will be swarding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been swarding
you have been swarding
he/she/it has been swarding
we have been swarding
you have been swarding
they have been swarding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been swarding
you will have been swarding
he/she/it will have been swarding
we will have been swarding
you will have been swarding
they will have been swarding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been swarding
you had been swarding
he/she/it had been swarding
we had been swarding
you had been swarding
they had been swarding

Conditional
I would sward
you would sward
he/she/it would sward
we would sward
you would sward
they would sward

Past Conditional
I would have swarded
you would have swarded
he/she/it would have swarded
we would have swarded
you would have swarded
they would have swarded

Sward

Turf. One early writer described it as being formed of thousands of wire-like fibrous roots interwoven in every direction.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sward - surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass rootsgreensward, sod, turfdivot - a piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway (by an animals hooves or a golf club)land, soil, ground - material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil"

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