TURFS

/tɜː(ɹ)fs/
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Definition

/tɜː(ɹ)fs/
noun
  1. A layer of earth covered with grass; sod.
  2. 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.
  3. A sod of peat used as fuel.
verb
  1. To cover with turf; to create a lawn by laying turfs.
  2. (Ultimate Frisbee) To throw a frisbee well short of its intended target, usually causing it to hit the ground within 10 yards of its release.
  3. To fire from a job or dismiss from a task.
    “Eight managers were turfed after the merger of the two companies.”

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