turf

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A layer of earth covered with grass; sod.

   “Miss Thorn began digging up the turf with her lofter: it was a painful moment for me. ¶ “You might at least have tried me, Mrs. Cooke,” I said.”

2. isim A piece of such a layer cut from the soil. May be used as sod to make a lawn, dried for peat, stacked to form earthen structures, etc.

   “Frodo and Sam went forward and saw that amidst the clamorous host were set three high-seats built of green turves.”

3. isim A block of peat used as fuel.

   “In ordinary peat-bogs, however, where turves are cut, there is always a large percentage of waste peat resulting from the digging, drying or transport of the turves, which can be utilized only by moulding it.”

4. isim A thick, carpet-like bed of algae.

   “The turf layer is made up of filamentous and thallose red algae.”

5. isim A surface of synthetic fibers made to look like grass; artificial turf.

   “In climates where grass struggles to grow, turf is usually used instead on sports fields.”

6. isim A territory claimed by a gang as their own.
7. isim A person's domain or sphere of influence.
8. isim A racetrack, hippodrome.
9. isim The sport of racing horses.
10. fiil To cover with turf; to create a lawn by laying turfs.
11. fiil To throw a frisbee well short of its intended target, usually causing it to hit the ground within 10 yards of its release.
12. fiil To fire from a job or dismiss from a task.

    “Eight managers were turfed after the merger of the two companies.”

13. fiil To cancel a project or product.

    “The company turfed the concept car because the prototype performed poorly.”

14. fiil To expel, eject, or throw out; to turf out.

    “He has the mistaken idea that he is a lap dog, and loves to be nursed, especially by ladies, but eighty-five pounds on your lap is no joke, and he can never understand why he gets turfed off.”

15. fiil To transfer or attempt to transfer (a patient or case); to eschew or avoid responsibility for.

    “"Sure thing, I buffed her, and they turfed her to urology, but she bounced back to me!" […] They want to transfer responsibility for her to another branch of the hospital (turf her).”