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Meaning turf meaning

What does turf mean?

turf

— noun surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots — noun the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own — noun range of jurisdiction or influence a bureaucracy...chiefly concerned with turf...and protecting the retirement system — verb cover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots

Synonyms turf synonyms

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turf English » English

sod lawn grass sward peat greensward territory racetrack meadow ground grassland field yard verdure throw out rush racecourse race track race course playground lawns kill kick out hippodrome green grassy place grass over glebe divot clod circus bury bailiwick

Topics turf topics

What do people use turf to talk about?
Universe, creation

Plant

Conjugation turf conjugation

How do you conjugate turf?

turf · verb

Examples turf examples

How do I use turf in a sentence?

Movie subtitles

A good, soft pillow for that good, white head were better than a churlish turf of France.
Why'd you let that deadbeat run my turf?
Sooner or later, the Kitajima gang's gonna go after that turf.
As of today, this is Okada's turf.
And way off her turf. I'm sure.
Violating our bureaucratic turf.
That's city hall for you. Gotta guard your turf.
It's just that in City Hall everyone's guarding his own turf.
He was the sole owner and operator of the Stalag 17 Turf Club.
They're lovely courses, the best turf in the world.
I know every face on my turf, down to the last alley cat.
That must mean your turf is just a wee bit smaller than the rest of the world.
Sure, it's a piddly bit of turf. But every last thing on it is a pain in my ass. Where's the broom?
You see that patch of rough turf? - Yes, sir.
I don't allow anybody to ride over that turf.
She's chased him from beach house to beach house, until he finally took refuge for several weekends in the men's locker rooms of the Turf and Jockey Club.
And way off her turf.
Well, all of the Turf-People are very special.
With a short-wave transmitter you know much earlier than the turf accountants which horses have won.
The point is, he was in Public Affairs. How dare he even think about making a park. Violating our bureaucratic turf.
There's a bunch of imbeciles on my turf.
I wanted somebody tough to turf them out. And you got me.
You mean, they have their own turf?
She'd sit outside my room at night and howl and claw at the turf.
Let's find some nice, grassy turf.
When a man is no longer after something, he might just as well pull the turf up over him and say goodnight.
They water balloon bombed us on our own turf, just because we won't let them on our soccer field.
A good soft pillow for that good white head were better than a churlish turf of France.
She'd sit outside my room at night on the lawn and howl and claw at the turf.
Look, that's were we live and over there's the turf moor.
Well, now that we're loaded, I guess we could hit The Turf.
I'm on my home turf here!
So long as you don't start stepping on my turf.
The white-clad figures against the broad sweep of green turf.
What are Scorpions doing here? It ain't their turf.
Hey, we're on their turf, Mike.
We have been unable to see the truth, because we've been fighting for 10 square feet of ground, our turf, our little piece of turf.
The turf is ours by right because it's our turn.
Secure our territory, secure our turf because it's all our turf.

News and current affairs

He could be a fierce turf fighter, yet it is fair to say that he could have fought harder for his moderate and dovish views in the post-1967 government in which he served.
All too often, the fight is about turf, rather than about the most effective way to speed help to the poor.
Teamwork has repeatedly fallen hostage to turf wars and political bickering.
Such assistance should be forthcoming, and in order to avoid bureaucratic overlap and turf conflicts, the responsibilities and priorities in dispensing it should be spelled out and agreed upon in advance by the government and these organizations.
Democrats have even managed to beat the Republicans on their own turf.
Now, after decades of turf wars and self-marginalization, international organizations must rally around an increasingly pressing global priority: sustainable urbanization.
Tripoli is in danger of becoming like Baghdad circa 2005, with different groups controlling turf and instituting a clientelist neighborhood political economy.
India was historically strong at field hockey, winning almost all of the gold medals between 1928 and 1968, but, since the Games switched from grass to expensive synthetic turf, the Indians have won just one field hockey medal.
Each agency has its role, but they also tend to squabble over turf rather than cooperate.
Turf battles with NATO intrude, as well as competition between the EU's executive Commission and the member-based Council.
Elimination of the IMF's lending functions would solve the problem of perpetual turf wars between it and the World Bank.
Moreover, while it is often conceded that jobs can be lost via foreign direct investment, much more important are financial capital exports, that is, the loans that enable foreign firms to create jobs on their own turf.
But the EEAS ended up in a turf war with the European Commission, and outgoing High Representative Catherine Ashton did little to ease the tension, owing to her unwillingness to involve herself in intra-EU disagreements.
Not surprisingly, at least some people at the US Securities and Exchange Commission have reacted negatively - this is stepping onto their turf, after all.
Second was the willingness of both Putin and Medvedev to engage publicly with experts on the experts' own intellectual turf.
And, in an attempt to preserve its turf, the Board constantly attempts to keep the IMFC from discussing anything of substance.
Elimination of the IMF's lending functions would solve the problem of perpetual turf wars between it and the World Bank. The confusion that this has caused among borrowers and lenders would disappear.
The CIO would not have a fiefdom and would not compete for power or turf with other senior officials, but would simply remind the president or other people of the role of information every time it was appropriate.

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