sword, sward

Sword or sword ( pronounced sord ) means the weapon, shaped like a long knife, used in past centuries before guns were invented--
You can tell that he is an officer because he is wearing a sword.
His grandfather's sword hung over the fireplace, as a sort of decoration.

Sward or sward ( pronounced sword ) means an expanse of grass or lawn--
There was room to play ball on the sward in back of the house.
The land in front of the house was one unbroken sward.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"He slashed at the long grass with his sword, hoping to turn the overgrown field into a sward."

Note--a "broadsword" is a very large sword, once used in battle--
He faced the enemy army and slew many of them with his broadsword.
A "broad sward" means a wide expanse of lawn or turf--
There is a broad sward beside the woods, just right for a picnic.
Note # 2--a "broken sword" means a sword broken in pieces--

He couldn't fight with his broken sword.
A "sward" might be broken by trees or shrubbery--
The vast sward was broken in a few places by clumps of shrubbery.