单词 | regrass |
释义 | regrassv. transitive. To cover (land) with grass again. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of specific crops > [verb (transitive)] > crop with grass or hay > again regrass1891 1891 Jrnl. N.Y. Microsc. Soc. Jan. 53 Once planted it [sc. Bermuda grass] is extremely difficult to eradicate, soon re-grassing the roadbed. 1908 Out West Mar. 195 Grass tests are being made, looking toward re-grassing large areas where the range has never renewed itself since the over-stocking. 1940 Advisory Bull. War Food Production No. i. 1 Ploughable grassland too poor to be initially cereal-worthy should..be ploughed and immediately re-grassed. 1990 D. Kerr & D. W. Holdsworth Hist. Atlas of Canad. (Pl. 43) 44 Submarginal crop land was fenced, re-grassed, and permanently converted into community pastures. 2003 M. Foran Trails & Trials v. 179 Under this act, degraded agricultural land was turned back to grazing and re-grassed where necessary. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1891 |
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