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# turf

noun (turf; turves or turfs); verb (turf, turfs, turfed, turfing)

«turf» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Short grass and the layer of soil and roots under it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turf/#m1)
2. A square piece of this, cut to lay on the ground to make a lawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turf/#m2)
3. (informal) Your own area or place that you feel belongs to you, such as a gang's streets or a team's home ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turf/#m3)
4. (verb) To cover ground with turf. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turf/#m4)
5. (UK, informal verb) «turf out»: to throw someone or something out roughly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turf/#m5)
6. Horse racing in general, «the turf». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turf/#m6)
7. Turf can also mean dried peat cut from a bog and burned as fuel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turf/#m7)

### In the lessons

In everyday life: gardens, sports pitches, laying a new lawn. In science: soil, roots and grass. In stories, «on my turf» or «home turf» means a place a person or team knows and feels strong in. Phrases: «home turf», «turf war», «turf out», «artificial turf».

### Examples

- The gardeners laid fresh turf on the football pitch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turf/#x1)
- Dad bought twenty rolls of turf for the back garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turf/#x2)
- The team played well on their home turf. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turf/#x3)
- Keep off the new turf until it grows roots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turf/#x4)
- The caretaker turfed us out of the hall at five. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turf/#x5)
- Two gangs fought a turf war in the film. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turf/#x6)
- Artificial turf does not need mowing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turf/#x7)
- Next day Jack was to go clamp turf on the bog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turf/#x8)

### Note

Plural «turves» (UK) or «turfs». Turf is usually uncountable (some turf) but a piece is «a turf» or «a roll of turf». «Turf out» is informal UK. In maths, turf comes in areas: a roll 1 metre by 2 metres covers 2 square metres.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «turf» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turf/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«turf» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/turf.html) on Mova free.