transitive. To turn over and expose (new-mown grass, hay, later also other crops) to the sun. Also as in sense 3 and intransitive of a crop: to…

transitive. To dry (hay, seed, turf, wood, etc.) by exposure to the air, or to the heat of the sun or a fire. Also intransitive for passive.

transitive. Agriculture (chiefly English regional, Irish English, and U.S. regional (southern and south Midland) in later use). To harvest or…

dialect. To spread out (cut corn or flax) on the ground to dry.

transitive. To leave (crops) in the field to dry and harden. Obsolete. rare.

Agriculture. To leave (mown grass, etc.) to dry partially in the open before putting it in a silo.