to trellis
6.0
To tie or guide a climbing plant to grow on a frame
- verb
- /ˈtrɛlɪs/
:
entutorar
- Get plants that you can trellis up a vine or trellis up a trellis up a trellis like a cucumber or a tomato, stuff you can prune off the ground.
Examples
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Wisteria vines, bare now, trellis the walkways.
Fiction book (1999) -
Gardeners often trellis climbing plants to help them grow vertically and save space.
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To encourage robust growth, many farmers trellis their grapevines during the growing season.
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You should trellis your tomatoes so they can get better sunlight and air circulation.
Synonyms
to stake
vsto trellis
12
5.8
To tie an animal or object to a post in the ground
guides a plant to climb a vertical support by tying its stems as it grows
How Supported
Surface Forms
trellis infinitive
trellised past
trellised past participle
trellising present participle
trellises third person singular
Etymology
Trellis as a verb comes from the same old French trelis, because gardeners put vines on a lattice to help them grow. So to trellis a plant is to train or tie it to a frame so it grows upwards.