to reseed

Examples

• All

• Aaron has come in, reseeded a few patchy areas.

• Over the next forty years, Sid cut and cleared the woodlands and reseeded native grass.

  Academic text (2001)

• So maybe once we reseed, we'll have more luck.

• Now we can get the lawn reseeded.

  Wicked Stepmother (1989)

• The plots recently have been reseeded to allow germination with the fall rains.

  Academic text (1997)

• The roads were torn up, the bridges and dams removed, and our ground reseeded with buffalo grass, redwood, and oak.

  Fiction book (1998)

• New wells were dug, rowed-up fields bushhogged, lawns reseeded.

  Fiction book (1994)

• So she's in there day after day, replanting and reseeding, drawing up new plans, stripping out the man-made garbage, and trying to restore the place to some of its former magnificence.

  Fiction book (2001)

• After noticing the dry patches, the gardener advised us to reseed the affected areas.

• In early spring, it's ideal to reseed the landscape to promote healthy growth before the heat of summer.

Synonyms

R

to replant

vsto reseed

14 3.3

To put a tree, flower, or seed back into the ground after moving it

focuses on sowing seeds again rather than replacing whole plants

R

to resow

vsto reseed

1 5.1

Plant seeds again in the same place when the first ones do not grow

is used to restore or improve vegetation rather than just retrying planting

R

to revegetate

vsto reseed

• Specialized

1 6.8

To make bare land grow plants again

is narrower, involving planting seeds again specifically to restore grass or crops

O

to oversow

vsto reseed

7.5

To sow seeds over existing grass or plants to improve growth

focuses on restoring or improving plant cover by planting seeds generally

Antonyms

R

to remove

∞ 1.5

To move something or someone away from a place

How Green

to reforest

1 4.4

to revegetate

• Specialized

1 6.8

to regreen

5.8

to replant

14 3.3

to reseed

1 4.2

to plant

361 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology