1. Surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
   "The golf course maintained a lush, green turf";
   - sod, sward, greensward
    
2. Range of jurisdiction or influence
   "a bureaucracy … chiefly concerned with turf … and protecting the retirement system"
    
3. The territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own
   "The rival gangs fought over control of the turf"

1. Cover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots
   "The landscapers turfed the entire backyard"

Derived forms: turfing, turves, turfs, turfed

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

Encyclopedia: Turf, Field and Farm