undersowv.

Brit.

/ˌʌndəˈsəʊ/, U.S.

/ˌəndərˈsoʊ/

Inflections: Past tense undersowed; past participle undersown;

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: under- prefix¹, sow v.¹

Etymology: < under- prefix¹ + sow v.¹ Compare earlier oversow v.

1. [under- prefix¹ 5(a)] To sow too little seed on (a piece of ground).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > sow seed [verb (transitive)] > sow insufficiently

undersow1652

1652 W. Brough Sacred Princ. (ed. 2) 73 Let me Prudently Observe, What Each Parcell of Ground will best Beare, That I may not Over-cloy Some, and Undersow Others.

2. [under- prefix¹ 2a(a)]

a. To sow (a later-growing crop) on land already seeded with another crop.

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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > sow seed [verb (transitive)] > oversow seed > oversow land

oversowOE

undersow1950

undersow1951

1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Aug. 145/1 In arable farming districts many spring-sown pastures are established with a cover crop, usually by undersowing the grass mixture on land which is carrying an autumn- or winter-sown cereal.

b. To sow land already seeded with (one crop) with a second, later-growing crop. Also absol.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > sow seed [verb (transitive)] > oversow seed > oversow land

oversowOE

undersow1950

undersow1951

1951 P. Oyler Feeding Ourselves vii. 65 If the wheat has not been under-sown with ryegrass and clover..the stubble will either be scarified..or it will be shallow ploughed.

1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 5 Jan. 102/3 Also include (or undersow) 15lb per acre Westerwolths ryegrass.

1963 Times 10 June 7/2 High Mowthorpe..has grown barley for nine successive years, comparing the effects of giving additional nitrogen, undersowing with trefoil and ploughing in straw.

1981 Daily Tel. 21 Sept. 10/8 Partridges..lost a major source of food when the practice of undersowing barley with grass was abandoned from the mid-1960s onwards.

Derivatives

underˈsowing n.

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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > [noun] > other systems of sowing

clovering1652

broadcast1796

plumping1844

undersowing1960

zero tillage1963

sod planting1965

1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 12 Jan. 107/2 What is your opinion of sowing seeds along with corn when undersowing is practised?

1972 Nature 21 Jan. 135/2 Field experiments..using various types of undersowing on the levels of pest insects and their enemies.

underˈsown adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > [adjective] > sown > on top of something

superseminated1650

undersown1943

1943 H. J. Massingham Men of Earth viii. 142 There was hardly a crop in the garden that was not undersown to another.

1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 1 Mar. 106/2 (advt.) Particularly recommended for undersown crops.

1963 Times 10 June 7/1 Undersown cereals can be difficult to deal with in a wet year where the corn is slow to ripen.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	undersow
释义	undersowv. Brit. /ˌʌndəˈsəʊ/, U.S. /ˌəndərˈsoʊ/ Inflections: Past tense undersowed; past participle undersown; Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: under- prefix¹, sow v.¹ Etymology: < under- prefix¹ + sow v.¹ Compare earlier oversow v. 1. [under- prefix¹ 5(a)] To sow too little seed on (a piece of ground). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > sow seed [verb (transitive)] > sow insufficiently undersow1652 1652 W. Brough Sacred Princ. (ed. 2) 73 Let me Prudently Observe, What Each Parcell of Ground will best Beare, That I may not Over-cloy Some, and Undersow Others. 2. [under- prefix¹ 2a(a)] a. To sow (a later-growing crop) on land already seeded with another crop. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > sow seed [verb (transitive)] > oversow seed > oversow land oversowOE undersow1950 undersow1951 1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Aug. 145/1 In arable farming districts many spring-sown pastures are established with a cover crop, usually by undersowing the grass mixture on land which is carrying an autumn- or winter-sown cereal. b. To sow land already seeded with (one crop) with a second, later-growing crop. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > sow seed [verb (transitive)] > oversow seed > oversow land oversowOE undersow1950 undersow1951 1951 P. Oyler Feeding Ourselves vii. 65 If the wheat has not been under-sown with ryegrass and clover..the stubble will either be scarified..or it will be shallow ploughed. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 5 Jan. 102/3 Also include (or undersow) 15lb per acre Westerwolths ryegrass. 1963 Times 10 June 7/2 High Mowthorpe..has grown barley for nine successive years, comparing the effects of giving additional nitrogen, undersowing with trefoil and ploughing in straw. 1981 Daily Tel. 21 Sept. 10/8 Partridges..lost a major source of food when the practice of undersowing barley with grass was abandoned from the mid-1960s onwards. Derivatives underˈsowing n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > [noun] > other systems of sowing clovering1652 broadcast1796 plumping1844 undersowing1960 zero tillage1963 sod planting1965 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 12 Jan. 107/2 What is your opinion of sowing seeds along with corn when undersowing is practised? 1972 Nature 21 Jan. 135/2 Field experiments..using various types of undersowing on the levels of pest insects and their enemies. underˈsown adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > [adjective] > sown > on top of something superseminated1650 undersown1943 1943 H. J. Massingham Men of Earth viii. 142 There was hardly a crop in the garden that was not undersown to another. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 1 Mar. 106/2 (advt.) Particularly recommended for undersown crops. 1963 Times 10 June 7/1 Undersown cereals can be difficult to deal with in a wet year where the corn is slow to ripen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1652
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