sward

About 0.23 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Earth which grass has grown into the upper layer of; greensward, sod, turf; a portion of such earth.
2. noun An expanse of land covered in grass; a lawn or meadow.
3. noun The upper layer of the ground, especially when vegetation is growing on it.
4. noun The rind of bacon or pork; also, the outer covering or skin of something.
5. verb To cover (ground, etc.) with sward.
6. verb Of ground, etc.: to be covered with sward; to develop a covering of sward.
7. noun A homosexual man.

Similar words

turf sod greensward plushy swarth sord swart scraw glebe grass top

Often followed by

of and is in was with to height on

Word family

swarded swards