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Meanings of
sward
in English
Spanish
césped
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Surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots.
turf
sod
greensward
Spanish
césped
Usage of
sward
in English
1
The finest
sward
we ever saw was made from the following mixture:
2
Rabbits often came out into the spaces of
sward
between the bushes.
3
At last the physician fell down on the
sward
as if insensible.
4
He looked downward at the
sward
,
and there was the little flower.
5
They walked along the
sward
,
silent, thoughtful; and Florence melancholy, yet blessed.
6
A moment later, Claude Bainrothe lounged across the
sward
,
cigar in hand.
7
There was a level space of
sward
between us and the slough.
8
Deasy and Hans were seated on the
sward
,
still panting and furious.
9
I wended from tree to tree, describing singular zigzags on the
sward
.
10
They flung themselves down on the
sward
,
close to their underground home.
11
With one shuddering sigh, Irma Gluyas fell prostrate upon the grassy
sward
.
12
Captain Evremonde bowed profoundly, trailing his broad white hat along the
sward
.
13
There was a level stretch of
sward
nearly half a mile long.
14
The hills, though of great declivity, have a
sward
to their tops.
15
I lay upon a strip of warm
sward
by the river's brink.
16
Beaching the smooth
sward
,
she made straight across it for Dagworthy's house.
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sward
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
green sward
grassy sward
smooth sward
open sward
scarlet sward
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Translations for
sward
Spanish
césped
Sward
through the time
Sward
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common