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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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top-dress | top-dress |
Present |
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I top-dress | you top-dress | he/she/it top-dresses | we top-dress | you top-dress | they top-dress |
Preterite |
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I top-dressed | you top-dressed | he/she/it top-dressed | we top-dressed | you top-dressed | they top-dressed |
Present Continuous |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | they will have top-dressed |
Future Continuous |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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I would top-dress | you would top-dress | he/she/it would top-dress | we would top-dress | you would top-dress | they would top-dress |
Past Conditional |
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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-dressAn application of fertilizer or manure to the soil surface after planting.EncyclopediaSeetop dressing |