top-dress
[top-dres]
verb (used with object), top-dressed or top-drest, top-dress·ing.
to manure (land) on the surface.
Origin of top-dress
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Related Words for top-dress
impregnate, enrich, mulch, compost, propagate, inseminate, germinate, pollinate, feed, manure, fructify, fecundate, beget, breed, cover, procreate, treat, dress, generate, limeExamples from the Web for top-dress
Historical Examples of top-dress
In fall, top-dress the Lawn with commercial fertilizer at the rate of 500 pounds to the acre.
The Practical Garden-BookC. E. Hunn
After this I top-dress heavy with manure, leaving it lie on the land until spring.
Asparagus, its culture for home use and for market:F. M. Hexamer
You may leave them undisturbed for years, but if you can top-dress them in autumn so much the better.
The Children's Book of GardeningMrs. Alfred Sidgwick
top-dress
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