Meanings
verbseed down (third-person singular simple present seeds down, present participle seeding down, simple past and past participle seeded down)
present singular third person seeds down · participle present seeding down · participle past seeded down · past seeded down
- To sow with seeds to make grass grow.
In order to seed down a field it is first plowed deeply, and the soil well loosened — which is easy in these sandy soils — then pieces of the roots of lucern are planted 50 to 60 centimeters (20 to 24 inches) apart.
1908, Karl Frederic Kellerman, Robert Winthrop Pratt, Albert Elliott Kimberly, The Disinfection of Sewage Effluents for the Protection of Public Water Supplies, United States Department of Agriculture
nounseed down (uncountable)
- uncountableThe down on cotton, etc.
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