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Examples of sward
sward
The teams are in the tunnel, making their way out on to the Stamford Bridge sward.
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Only three weeks ago, the ground on which the show is held was a sward.
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The grassy sward that stretches back along the erstwhile canal is delightfully untamed.
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In a mild climate like Auckland, autumn planting will emerge and lie in a green sward through winter.
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A long sward of strappy-leaved kniphofia sends up tall spires topped with orange and yellow flowers.
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The teams march out on to the Old Trafford sward and line up wearing the colours with which they're readily associated.
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Interwoven into the story are the personal strains put upon those who live and die by the sward of big business.
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Two snipe burst out of the rushy sward.
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A Saudi Arabian execution sward may also be used.
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- Turf: surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
- Sward or Swu00E4rd may refer to:
- A layer of earth into which grass has grown; turf; sod; An expanse of land covered in grass; a lawn or meadow
- A population of herbaceous plants, characterized by a relatively short habit of growth and relatively continuous ground cover, including both above and below-ground parts (Hodgson, 1979).
- An area of ground covered by short grass
- The grass portion of the pasture.
- Land thickly covered with grass
- A community of pasture plants.
- Area of green in the bailey
