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to loam

to loam

9.0
To cover a wall or surface with rich soil to protect it
  • verb
  • /loʊm/
translation icon : cubrir con tierra
  • The workers will loam the area before planting new seeds.

Examples

  • To improve the garden's soil quality, she plans to loam it with a mixture of sand and clay.

  • They decided to loam the flower beds to ensure the plants grow healthy.

  • - Watch and loam.

    The Samaritan (2012)

  • Herman, if I don't do this, you will never loam and I would be doing you a great injustice.

    Cop & ½ (1993)

How Thick

to loam
9.0
to coat
105 2.8
to spread
664 1.6
to sprinkle
100 1.1

Surface Forms

loam infinitive
loamed past
loamed past participle
loaming present participle
loams third person singular

Etymology

Loam as a verb comes from the same old word for the soil, so to 'loam' something is to cover it with that rich 'earth'. That's why builders 'loam' walls or surfaces to protect and finish them.