surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
source: WordNet 3.0
the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own
source: WordNet 3.0
range of jurisdiction or influence
A bureaucracy...chiefly concerned with turf...and protecting the retirement system.
source: WordNet 3.0
That upper stratum of earth and vegetable mold which is filled with the roots of grass and other small plants, so as to adhere and form a kind of mat; sward; sod.
source: Webster 1913
verb
cover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots
source: WordNet 3.0
To cover with turf or sod; as, to turf a bank, of the border of a terrace.
