Usually means: Grass-covered surface of ground.
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  1. sward: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sward: Merriam-Webster
  3. sward: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sward: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sward: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sward: Vocabulary.com
  7. Sward, sward: Wordnik
  8. Sward, sward: Wiktionary
  9. sward: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. sward: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. sward: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. sward: Dictionary.com
  13. sward: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Sward: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Sward: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. sward: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. sward: Rhymezone
  18. Sward: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. sward: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. sward: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  21. sward: FreeDictionary.org
  22. sward: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. sward: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. sward: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. sward: Encyclopedia

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Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SWARD: Acronym Finder
  2. sward: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See swarded as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (uncountable) Earth which grass has grown into the upper layer of; greensward, sod, turf; (countable) a portion of such earth.
noun:  (countable) An expanse of land covered in grass; a lawn or meadow.
noun:  (countable, obsolete) The upper layer of the ground, especially when vegetation is growing on it.
noun:  (countable, obsolete except British, dialectal) The rind of bacon or pork; also, the outer covering or skin of something.
verb:  (transitive) To cover (ground, etc.) with sward.
verb:  (intransitive) Of ground, etc.: to be covered with sward; to develop a covering of sward.
noun:  (Philippines) A homosexual man.
noun:  A surname.

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