to harrow
- verb
- /ˈhɛroʊ/
- Specialized
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rastrar
- The farmer used a harrow to harrow the land and create a fine seedbed.
- harrow the field
Examples
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Plowed and harrowed but left unsown for a period in order to restore its fertility as part of a crop rotation or to avoid surplus production.
Blog text (22) -
The open ground beneath their feet soon grew uneven, like a field harrowed and left fallow.
Fiction book (2002) -
They began to harrow the field.
Fiction book (1992) -
He'd plowed and harrowed the front field to make it ready for drilling his soybeans.
Fiction book (2000) -
After plowing the field, they decided to harrow it to prepare the soil for planting.
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To improve crop yields, they must harrow the soil thoroughly after each plowing.
Synonyms
11
5.3
To prepare land for crops by ploughing
5
2.1
To break and loosen soil in a garden with a long-handled flat blade
1
8.2
To break up and smooth soil by pulling a machine with round blades
To make the ground flat for building or planting
Compounds
- Specialized
A farming tool with small metal teeth that follows the ground to remove weeds
- Specialized
A farm tool with spring teeth on a flexible frame that removes weeds from fields
- Specialized
A machine with rotating spikes that breaks and smooths soil before planting
- Specialized
A farming tool with metal spikes that loosens soil and removes small weeds
How Thorough
Surface Forms
Etymology
Harrow as a verb comes from the name of the tool and simply means to 'break up' and 'smooth' soil by pulling a harrow across the field.