dibble
noun
Also dibber a small, handheld, pointed implement for making holes in soil for planting seedlings, bulbs, etc.
dibbled
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past participleof dibble.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof dibble.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
dibblenounAlso dibber a small, handheld, pointed implement for making holes in soil for planting seedlings, bulbs, etc.
Example Sentences
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So they dibbled a small hole in the turf and buried the piece of toffee.
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
The cuttings should then be dibbled into the boxes in rows, just clear, the soil being gently pressed around each.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
The seeds are sometimes dibbled in rows, so as to leave the plants a foot apart each way.
From The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. by Fearing Burr
These were dibbled in the autumn of the same year, the produce sown broadcast the second and third years, and the fourth harvest produced forty quarters of sound grain.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 540, March 31, 1832 by Various
The season for sowing barley is in the spring, and the crop varies according to soil and culture; it is sown either broad-cast, drilled, or dibbled.
From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by William Salisbury
