returfv.
/ˌriːˈtəːf/, U.S. /riˈtərf/ transitive. To lay with new turf.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of specific crops > [verb (transitive)] > crop with grass or hay
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1824 H. Phillips Flora Hist. II. 360 When the roots are taken up, the spot may be re-turfed.
1895 Daily News 6 July 5/5 Here also the ground has been returfed.
1936 Times 20 Nov. 13/1 To level and returf existing grass plots.
1940 J. Masefield Basilissa 157 A part of the playground was to be fenced off for the winter so that it might be returfed or resown.
1992 Garden Answers Jan. 21/4 Carry out minor repairs to lawn edges by..re-turfing bare patches.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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