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to checkrow

to checkrow

9.9
To plant seeds in straight, evenly spaced rows to form a grid
  • verb
  • Specialized
: sembrar en hileras
  • They checkrowed the crops last spring according to the traditional grid pattern.

Examples

  • Newer machinery has largely replaced the need to checkrow fields, but the method persists in some areas.

  • Farmers often checkrow their crops for better growth.

  • Farmers used to checkrow the cornfields to make cultivation easier.

  • He checkrowed the field last spring.

  • Farmers used to checkrow the cornfields to make cultivation easier.

  • They checkrowed the crops last spring according to the traditional grid pattern.

  • Farmers often checkrow their fields to facilitate easier weeding.

How Even

to gridding
  • Specialized
1 5.4
to checkrow
  • Specialized
9.9
to plant
327 1.0
to broadcast
  • Specialized
1 4.5

Surface Forms

checkrow infinitive
checkrowed past
checkrowed past participle
checkrowing present participle
checkrows third person singular

Morphology

checkrow = check + row (semi-transparent) = check + row

The compound 'check' + 'row' suggests planting in a grid/line pattern, but the specific agricultural verb sense requires knowing 'check' as a grid/checkered pattern and may not be obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Checkrow comes from check, as in checkerboard, and row, so picture seeds planted in neat squares like a giant checkerboard with straight 'rows'. That's why to checkrow means to plant in an even 'grid' of 'rows' to make weeding and working the land easier.