top-dress


top-dress

(tŏp′drĕs′)tr.v. top-dressed, top-dress·ing, top-dress·es 1. To cover (a road surface) with loose material that is not worked in.2. To apply top dressing to (soil or plants).

top-dress

vb (Agriculture) (tr) to spread manure or fertilizer on the surface of (land) without working it into the soil

top′-dress`



v.t. to fertilize (land) on the surface. [1725–35] top′ dress`ing, n.

top-dress


Past participle: top-dressed
Gerund: top-dressing
Imperative
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Present
I top-dress
you top-dress
he/she/it top-dresses
we top-dress
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Preterite
I top-dressed
you top-dressed
he/she/it top-dressed
we top-dressed
you top-dressed
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Present Continuous
I am top-dressing
you are top-dressing
he/she/it is top-dressing
we are top-dressing
you are top-dressing
they are top-dressing
Present Perfect
I have top-dressed
you have top-dressed
he/she/it has top-dressed
we have top-dressed
you have top-dressed
they have top-dressed
Past Continuous
I was top-dressing
you were top-dressing
he/she/it was top-dressing
we were top-dressing
you were top-dressing
they were top-dressing
Past Perfect
I had top-dressed
you had top-dressed
he/she/it had top-dressed
we had top-dressed
you had top-dressed
they had top-dressed
Future
I will top-dress
you will top-dress
he/she/it will top-dress
we will top-dress
you will top-dress
they will top-dress
Future Perfect
I will have top-dressed
you will have top-dressed
he/she/it will have top-dressed
we will have top-dressed
you will have top-dressed
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Future Continuous
I will be top-dressing
you will be top-dressing
he/she/it will be top-dressing
we will be top-dressing
you will be top-dressing
they will be top-dressing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been top-dressing
you have been top-dressing
he/she/it has been top-dressing
we have been top-dressing
you have been top-dressing
they have been top-dressing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been top-dressing
you will have been top-dressing
he/she/it will have been top-dressing
we will have been top-dressing
you will have been top-dressing
they will have been top-dressing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been top-dressing
you had been top-dressing
he/she/it had been top-dressing
we had been top-dressing
you had been top-dressing
they had been top-dressing
Conditional
I would top-dress
you would top-dress
he/she/it would top-dress
we would top-dress
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they would top-dress
Past Conditional
I would have top-dressed
you would have top-dressed
he/she/it would have top-dressed
we would have top-dressed
you would have top-dressed
they would have top-dressed

top-dress

An application of fertilizer or manure to the soil surface after planting.