dethatch
dethatch verb: to abrade the surface of a lawn or turf in order to remove dead grass.
Verb
dethatch (third-person singular simple present dethatches, present participle dethatching, simple past and past participle dethatched)
- To abrade the surface of a lawn or turf in order to remove dead grass.
- The services available vary widely, from basic tasks like mowing and edging walkways and flower beds to more involved work like trimming shrubs and bushes, applying fertilizer and pesticides, and dethatching, which removes layers of dead grass.2008 June 12, Jay Romano, “Grass, Simplified: Hire Someone”, in New York Times
Forms of dethatch
| third-person singular present | dethatches |
|---|---|
| present participle | dethatching |
| past participle | dethatched |
| past | dethatched |
Origin of dethatch
From de- + thatch.
Words formed from dethatch
Questions about dethatch
- What does dethatch mean?
- Dethatch means to abrade the surface of a lawn or turf in order to remove dead grass.
- What part of speech is dethatch?
- Dethatch is a verb.
- What is the past tense of dethatch?
- The past tense of dethatch is dethatched.
Words near dethatch in the dictionary
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