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turn under

turn under verb: to dig up and rebury in the same spot.

Verb

turn under (third-person singular simple present turns under, present participle turning under, simple past and past participle turned under)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To dig up and rebury in the same spot.
    • Unproductive soil should be turned under to help the soil for next season.
    • I don't think these will flower, so I will just turn them under.

Forms of turn under

third-person singular presentturns under
present participleturning under
past participleturned under
pastturned under

Questions about turn under

What does turn under mean?
Turn under means to dig up and rebury in the same spot.
What part of speech is turn under?
Turn under is a verb.
What is the past tense of turn under?
The past tense of turn under is turned under.

Words near turn under in the dictionary

  1. turn traitor
  2. turn tricks
  3. turn Turk
  4. turn turtle
  5. turn two
  6. turn under
  7. turn up
  8. turn up for the book
  9. turn up for the books
  10. turn up missing
  11. turn up one's nose

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