turf

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A surface layer of earth containing a dense growth of grass and its matted roots; sod.
2. n. An artificial substitute for such a grassy layer, as on a playing field.
3. n. A piece cut from a layer of earth or sod.
4. n. A piece of peat that is burned for use as fuel.
5. n. Slang 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).
6. n. Slang A geographical area; a territory.
7. n. Slang The area claimed by a gang, as of youths, as its personal territory.
8. n. Sports A racetrack.
9. n. Sports The sport or business of racing horses.
10. v. To spread with turf: turfed the front yard.
11. v. Chiefly British Slang To displace or eject.
12. v. Slang To kill: "These guys can't . . . make sure nobody gets turfed” ( Scott Turow).

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The surface or sward of grass-land, consisting of earth or mold filled with the roots of grass and other small plants, so as to adhere and form a kind of mat; earth covered with grass.
2. n. A piece of such earth or mold dug or torn from the ground; a sod.
3. n. In Ireland, same as peat. See peat.
4. To cover with turf or sod: as, to turf a bank or border.
5. n. The turn of a cap, hood, or sleeve.

Wiktionary

1. n. a layer of earth covered with grass; sod
2. n. a piece of such a layer cut from the soil and used to make a lawn
3. n. Ireland a sod of peat used as fuel.
4. n. slang the territory claimed by a person, gang, etc. as their own
5. n. a racetrack; or the sport of racing horses
6. v. to create a lawn by laying turfs
7. v. 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.
8. v. business To fire from a job or dismiss from a task.
9. v. business To cancel a project or product.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. That upper stratum of earth and vegetable mold which is filled with the roots of grass and other small plants, so as to adhere and form a kind of mat; sward; sod.
2. n. Peat, especially when prepared for fuel. See Peat.
3. n. Race course; horse racing; -- preceded by the.
4. v. To cover with turf or sod.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. cover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots
2. n. range of jurisdiction or influence
3. n. surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
4. n. the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own