top-dress
[ top-dres ]
/ ˈtɒpˌdrɛs /
verb (used with object), top-dressed or top-drest, top-dress·ing.
to manure (land) on the surface.
Words nearby top-dress
top up,
top whack,
top yeast,
top-,
top-down,
top-dress,
top-end,
top-flight,
top-hat,
top-hat scheme,
top-heavy
Example sentences from the Web for top-dress
In fall, top-dress the Lawn with commercial fertilizer at the rate of 500 pounds to the acre.
The Practical Garden-Book |C. E. HunnAfter this I top-dress heavy with manure, leaving it lie on the land until spring.
Asparagus, its culture for home use and for market: |F. M. HexamerYou may leave them undisturbed for years, but if you can top-dress them in autumn so much the better.
The Children's Book of Gardening |Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick
British Dictionary definitions for top-dress
top-dress
verb
(tr)
to spread manure or fertilizer on the surface of (land) without working it into the soil