Turf | Mean of turf in English Dictionary

/ˈtɚf/

• Noun
• the upper layer of ground that is made up of grass and plant roots
1. a piece of turf
• a square piece of turf cut out of the ground that is used for making lawns
1. a lawn made by laying turfs
2. a lawn made by laying turf [=(US) sod]
• a material that looks like grass and that is used especially to cover athletic fields
1. Synthetic turf was installed in the playing field instead of grass.
2. playing fields with artificial turfs

• an area or a place that you control or that feels like your home
1. gangs defending/protecting their turfs
2. The team beat us on our own turf. [=we were defeated at home]
3. gangs defending/protecting their turf
4. The team played on home turf.
5. turf wars between gangs
6. In chapter two, the author is on unfamiliar turf. [=is dealing with an unfamiliar subject]
• the sport or business of horse racing
1. turf writers/races
• Verb
• to force (someone) to leave a place or position
1. She turfed him out of the house.
2. He got turfed off the bus.