ensile
Americanverb (used with object)
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to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
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to make into ensilage.
verb
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to store and preserve (green fodder) in an enclosed pit or silo
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to turn (green fodder) into silage by causing it to ferment in a closed pit or silo
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of ensile
1880–85; < French ensiler < Spanish ensilar, equivalent to en- en- 1 + -silar, verbal derivative of silo silo
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When corn, oats, or sorghum containing large amounts of nitrates are ensiled they release poisonous nitrogen oxide gases, creating a deadly hazard to anyone entering the silo.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
They stood ensiled by summer; the great trees mounting guard.
From Helena by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
Corn and sorghum to furnish the necessary succulence must be ensiled.
From Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry by Pratt Food Co.
In Southern Florida the cane stays green all winter, as a rule, so that there is no necessity for ensiling it for winter feed.
From Florida: An Ideal Cattle State by Association, Florida State Live Stock
The conditions of American dairy farming proved eminently suitable for the ensiling of green maize fodder; and the success of the method was soon indisputably demonstrated among the New England farmers.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
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