transitive. To cover with turf; to lay with turf.

transitive. To cover or build up, to provide or lay, with sods or turfs; to turf.

transitive. To furnish or supply with hay; to put (land) under hay.

transitive. To devote (land) to the production of grass, esp. for hay; to use as meadow. Also intransitive.

transitive. Agriculture. To convert (arable land) into pasture; to lay down to grass. Cf. to lay down 13 at lay, v.1 phrasal verbs. Now rare.

transitive. To sow for verdage. In quot. 1778 absol.

transitive. To cover (land, an area, etc.) with grass or turf; to plant with grass. Frequently with over, down.

transitive. To lay with new turf.

transitive. To sow (land) with grass or clover. Also with down: To lay down to grass, etc. U.S.