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🏟️ Artificial grass 🎭 Fake support 🌱 To add fake grass
to AstroTurf

to AstroTurf

1 5.1
To put artificial grass on a field or yard
  • verb
  • /ˈæstroʊˌtɜrf/
translation icon : cubrir con césped artificial

Examples

  • But what you do is you instead of doing, instead of doing top down, you astroturf a bottom up and you create a middle out in a whole society.

  • About 90% of the comments in support of Rand on this thread are astroturfed.

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  • Believers in sham "democracy" are just another kind of astroturfed herd.

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  • (And someone will make money hosting verified reputation records/verifying the records, not to mention astroturfing the bad habits of others.)

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  • The Republicans couldn't 'astroturf' to save their lives; they have no ready and able goon squads to call up like the Democrats' SEIU, ACORN, or the New Black Panther Party.

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  • It's also totally preventable in the sense that everybody who's plausibly qualified to give advice on social media will tell you that you shouldn't astroturf your brand unless you've got a shitload of resources to throw at it, like Exxon-Mobil or the Republican Party, because you will get found out.

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  • The city plans to astroturf the new soccer field to provide an all-weather playing surface.

  • Many schools are opting to astroturf their playgrounds to create a safer environment for children.

  • They decided to astroturf the local park to reduce maintenance costs and ensure year-round usage.

Synonyms

to turf
vsto AstroTurf
1 5.1

To cover the ground with grass and its roots

is done using manufactured grass rather than living plants
to lawn
vsto AstroTurf
1 7.7

To plant grass to make an area for people to walk or play

focuses on artificial surface used for play or appearance instead
to sod
vsto AstroTurf
5.2

To cover ground with a layer of grass and soil

involves placing synthetic material instead of living layers
to grass over
vsto AstroTurf
3.9

Cover an area of land with short green plants like those on a lawn

refers to using manmade nonliving covering instead of growing plants
to grass
vsto AstroTurf
4.6

To cover an area with short green plants so it looks like a lawn

describes the same action when done with synthetic manufactured material

How Covered

to AstroTurf
1 5.1
to turf
1 5.1
to grass
4.6
to seed
4 1.3

Surface Forms

AstroTurf infinitive
AstroTurfed past
AstroTurfed past participle
AstroTurfing present participle

Etymology

AstroTurf as a verb comes from the brand name for artificial grass, so to AstroTurf a field simply means to cover it with man-made 'grass'.