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1. Surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
   - sod, sward, greensward
    
2. The territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own
    
3. Range of jurisdiction or influence
   "a bureaucracy...chiefly concerned with turf...and protecting the retirement system"

1. Cover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots

Derived forms: turfs, turves, turfed, turfing

Type of: city district, cover, ground, jurisdiction, land, soil

Encyclopedia: Turf