sward
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9.6
- noun
- /swɔrd/
:
césped
- The picnic blanket was spread out on the soft green sward under the oak tree.
- a green sward
- sward of grass
Examples
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We walked through a land that was now mists, now dim sunlight, now forest, now open glade, until we came into a silent part of the woods, a silence made of the way the trees grew wetly together and the way the green moss lay in swards and hillocks.
Fiction book (1996) -
No one stood in the fortress's circular sward.
Fiction book (2002) -
Their dreams were always about running over great green swards, the wind through the white manes.
Fiction book (1994) -
Beyond the woods lay a gently rising sward, a cemetery with gravestones ancient and recent.
Fiction book (1997) -
They drew many eyes as they turned upon the close-cropped sward.
Fiction book (1992) -
Long shadows lay on the sward... and from above the leaves dripped their shimmering drops of gold-green light.
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Keeping up with Jen seemed a matter of grim survival until at last the green swards of Regent's Park opened up around them in a welcome haven of calm.
Fiction book (1990) -
"Here, early spring greeted us in all her loveliness; children were picnicking on the green sward, and lambs and calves nibbled about on the grassy hills," Winston recalled.
Fiction book (1998) -
Children played soccer on the vibrant sward during the sunny afternoon.
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After the rain, the sward sparkled with dew, inviting everyone to walk barefoot.
Synonyms
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2.7
The top layer of ground held together by grass roots
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2.2
A layer of soil with grass and roots held together
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9.9
An open area covered with green grass in a park or garden
How Grassy
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word sward comes from an old English word for the ground's surface or 'skin' covered with grass. So, think of a green 'skin' laid over the earth — that's why sward means a grassy surface or turf.