turfy

turf (tûrf)

n. pl. turfs also turves (tûrvz)

a. A surface layer of earth containing a dense growth of grass and its matted roots; sod.

b. An artificial substitute for such a grassy layer, as on a playing field.

2. A piece cut from a layer of earth or sod.

3. A piece of peat that is burned for use as fuel.

4. Slang

a. The range of the authority or influence of a person, group, or thing; a bailiwick: "a bureaucracy ... concerned with turf, promotions, the budget, and protecting the retirement system" (Harper's).

b. A geographical area; a territory.

c. The area claimed by a gang, as of youths, as its personal territory.

5. Sports

a. A racetrack.

b. The sport or business of racing horses.

tr.v. turfed, turf·ing, turfs

1. To spread with turf: turfed the front yard.

2. Chiefly British Slang To displace or eject.

3. Slang To kill: "These guys can't . . . make sure nobody gets turfed" (Scott Turow).

[Middle English, from Old English.]

turfy adj.

turfy [ˈtɜːfɪ]

adj turfier, turfiest

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) of, covered with, or resembling turf

2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Racing) relating to or characteristic of horse racing or persons connected with it

turfiness n

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Cespitous Glebous Turbinaceous Turf moss Turfiness	It lay very high upon a turfy down, and looking north-eastward before I entered it, I was surprised to see a large estuary, or even creek, where I judged Wandsworth and Battersea must once have been. The Time Machine by Wells, H.G. View in context Master Kidderminster, grown too maturely turfy to be received by the wildest credulity as Cupid any more, had yielded to the invincible force of circumstances (and his beard), and, in the capacity of a man who made himself generally useful, presided on this occasion over the exchequer - having also a drum in reserve, on which to expend his leisure moments and superfluous forces. Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context Nothing lost, or out of order; not a picket loose in the fence, not a particle of litter in the turfy yard, with its clumps of lilac bushes growing up under the windows. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context	Turdus viscivorus tureen Tureenful Turenne turf turf accountant Turf ant Turf drain Turf hedge Turf house Turf moss turf out turf over Turf spade turf war Turfan Turfan dialect Turfen Turfiness Turfing turfing daisy Turfing iron Turfite Turfless turfman turfy Turgenev turgent Turgesce turgescence turgescency turgescent turgid turgidity turgidly turgidness Turgidous turgite turgor turgor pressure Turgot Turin Turing Turing Alan Mathison Turing machine Turing test Turio Turiole turion Turioniferous Turishcheva	turfed turfed turfed turfed Turfen Turfgrass Council of North Carolina Turfgrass Information Center Turfgrass Information File Turfgrass Producers International turfier turfiest Turfiness turfing turfing turfing turfing turfing daisy Turfing iron Turfite Turfless Turfloop Graduate School of Leadership Turfman Turfmaster Turfmaster General turfmen turfs turfs turfs turfs TURFTS turfy Turgai Turgai Fauna Turgai Oblast Turgai Plateau Turgai Ravine Turganov, Boris Turganov, Boris Aleksandrovich Turgay Turgel Turgenev Turgenev Turgenev's Acta Turgenev, Aleksandr Turgenev, Aleksandr Ivanovich Turgenev, Ivan Turgenev, Ivan (Sergeevich) Turgenev, Ivan (Sergeevich) Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev, Nikolai Turgenev, Nikolai Ivanovich Turgenevo Turgent Turgent Turgesce turgescence turgescence turgescence turgescence

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Cespitous
Glebous
Turbinaceous
Turf moss
Turfiness

It lay very high upon a turfy down, and looking north-eastward before I entered it, I was surprised to see a large estuary, or even creek, where I judged Wandsworth and Battersea must once have been.

The Time Machine by Wells, H.G. View in context

Master Kidderminster, grown too maturely turfy to be received by the wildest credulity as Cupid any more, had yielded to the invincible force of circumstances (and his beard), and, in the capacity of a man who made himself generally useful, presided on this occasion over the exchequer - having also a drum in reserve, on which to expend his leisure moments and superfluous forces.

Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context

Nothing lost, or out of order; not a picket loose in the fence, not a particle of litter in the turfy yard, with its clumps of lilac bushes growing up under the windows.

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context

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