单词 | side-dress |
释义 | side-dressv. 1. transitive. To dress the side of something; (Agriculture) to apply fertilizer to the ground around (a growing plant or planted seeds). Also: to apply (fertilizer) as a side dressing. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivate plants or crops [verb (transitive)] tilla1325 raisec1384 uprearc1400 nourisha1500 cherish1519 dig1526 dress1526 govern1532 manure?c1550 rear1581 nurse1594 tame1601 crop1607 cultive1614 cultivate1622 ingentle1622 tend1631 make1714 peck1728 grow1774 farm1793 culture1809 side-dress1888 double-crop1956 produce2006 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > fertilize or manure [verb (transitive)] gooda1525 marl1528 plentify1555 fat1562 fatten1563 season1563 heart1573 manure1577 soil1593 hearten1594 remanure1598 enrich1601 teasel1610 battle1611 batten1612 bedung1649 sweeten1733 top-dress1733 top1856 side-dress1888 1888 Sci. Amer. 15 Sept. 170/2 It consists of a frame adapted to slide and carry a file,..making an implement for side-dressing the teeth accurately on both sides. 1903 Wood-worker (Indianapolis, Ind.) May 57/2 (advt.) A most perfect machine for side dressing and jointing band or gang saws. 1921 Market Growers Jrnl. 15 Feb. 13/2 With your cultivator equipped with a fertilizer attachment, you can cultivate and side-dress your crops in one operation. 1974 Sumter (S. Carolina) Daily Item 23 Apr. 8 b/6 You can side-dress started plants around hills or along rows later. 2009 Weed Technol. 23 123/2 Due to wet soil, it was not possible to cultivate and side-dress nitrogen. 2. intransitive. Chiefly Agriculture. To perform or apply a side dressing. ΚΠ 1899 Wood-worker (Indianapolis, Ind.) May 25/1 It thus requires but little grinding and I use the file only to side dress. 1903 Ann. Rep. Dept. Agric. Virginia 99 When plants have been set from fifteen to twenty days,..side-dress with 150 pounds of nitrate of soda and plow under. 1920 Market Growers Jrnl. 15 Apr. 25/2 You will obtain higher prices and higher yields than will your neighbors who fail to side-dress. 2002 OG Nov. 40/2 One month after planting, I side-dress with a 3-2-3 slow-release organic fertilizer. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1888 |
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