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side-dress

American  
[sahyd-dres] / ˈsaɪdˌdrɛs /

verb (used with object)

side-dressed, side-dressing

  1. to fertilize (growing plants) by mixing fertilizer into the soil along each row.

side-dress British  

verb

  1. (tr) to place fertilizers on or in the soil near the roots of (growing plants)

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Etymology

Origin of side-dress

First recorded in 1965–70

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