side-dress

side-dress
\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ intransitive verb
: to place plant nutrients on or in the soil near the roots of a growing crop usually beside each row and often by means of a cultivator having a fertilizer-distributing attachment
: to place plant nutrients on or in the soil near the roots of

side-dress a crop

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/suyd"dres'/, v.t., side-dressed, side-dressing.
to fertilize (growing plants) by mixing fertilizer into the soil along each row.
[1965-70]

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sideˈ-dress transitive verb
To place fertilizers on or in the soil near the roots of (a crop, etc)
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Main Entry: ↑side

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side-dress «SYD DREHS», transitive verb.
to fertilize (a plant or plants) with something as a side dressing: »

to side-dress corn with nitrates.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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