All top-dress synonyms
top-dress
T t verb top-dress
- limed — Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- fertilize — Biology. to render (the female gamete) capable of development by uniting it with the male gamete. to fecundate or impregnate (an animal or plant).
- manuring — excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- limes — a boundary, especially the fortified border or frontier of a country.
- compost — Compost is a mixture of decayed plants and vegetable waste which is added to the soil to help plants grow.
- manure — excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- mulching — (agriculture) Used for applying a mulch.
- liming — Present participle of lime.
- composting — the activity or practice of converting garden and kitchen waste to compost
- fertilise — Biology. to render (the female gamete) capable of development by uniting it with the male gamete. to fecundate or impregnate (an animal or plant).
- lime — limelight.