top-dress
[ top-dres ]
/ ˈtɒpˌdrɛs /
verb (used with object), top-dressed or top-drest, top-dress·ing.
to manure (land) on the surface.
Nearby words
top up, top whack, top yeast, top-, top-down, top-dress, top-end, top-flight, top-hat, top-hat scheme, top-heavy
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Examples from the Web for top-dress
In fall, top-dress the Lawn with commercial fertilizer at the rate of 500 pounds to the acre.
The Practical Garden-Book|C. E. HunnAfter 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. HexamerYou may leave them undisturbed for years, but if you can top-dress them in autumn so much the better.
The Children's Book of Gardening|Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick
British Dictionary definitions for top-dress
top-dress
verb
(tr) to spread manure or fertilizer on the surface of (land) without working it into the soil
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