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View synonyms for top-dress
top-dress
[ top-dres ]
verb (used with object)
, top-dressed or top-drest, top-dress·ing.
- to manure (land) on the surface.
top-dress
verb
- tr to spread manure or fertilizer on the surface of (land) without working it into the soil
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Origin of top-dress1
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Example Sentences
You may leave them undisturbed for years, but if you can top-dress them in autumn so much the better.
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In fall, top-dress the Lawn with commercial fertilizer at the rate of 500 pounds to the acre.
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After this I top-dress heavy with manure, leaving it lie on the land until spring.
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Generally, by using it on wheat and other crops, the farmer will save manure enough to top dress his meadows.
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