- checkrows
- n. (Agriculture) row of trees or plants in which the distance between adjoining trees or plants is equal to the distance between adjacent rows
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
checkrows
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checkrow — verb plant in checkrows • Hypernyms: ↑plant, ↑set • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: check ( … Useful english dictionary
check — check1 checkless, adj. /chek/, v., n., pl. checks or, for 45, chex, adj., interj. v.t. 1. to stop or arrest the motion of suddenly or forcibly: He checked the horse at the edge of the cliff. 2. to restrain; hold in restraint or control: They… … Universalium
checkrow — /chek roh /, Agric. n. 1. one of a number of rows of trees or plants, esp. corn, in which the distance between adjacent trees or plants is equal to that between adjacent rows. v.t. 2. to plant in checkrows. [1855 60, Amer.; CHECK1 + ROW1] * * * … Universalium
check — /tʃɛk / (say chek) verb (t) 1. to stop or arrest the motion of suddenly or forcibly. 2. to restrain; hold in restraint or control. 3. to investigate or verify as to correctness. 4. Also, check off. US to tick. 5. Also, check in. to leave in… …
checkrow — /ˈtʃɛkroʊ/ (say chekroh) US Agriculture –noun 1. one of a number of rows of trees or plants, especially maize, in which the distance between adjacent trees or plants is equal to that between adjacent rows. –verb (t) 2. to plant in checkrows …
check — [chek] n. [ME chek < OFr eschec, eschac, a check at chess, repulse < ML scaccus, scahus < Pers šāh, king, principal piece in a game of chess (see SHAH1); prob. sense development: king in danger hostile action restraining action means of… … English World dictionary
checkrow — ☆ checkrow [chek′rō΄ ] n. any of a series of rows of plants crossing others at right angles to form a check pattern, so that the plants are equally spaced and the soil can be cultivated along any side vt. to plant (corn, etc.) in checkrows … English World dictionary
checkrower — ō(ə)r noun : a device in a corn planting machine for dropping the seed so that the hills will lie in checkrows … Useful english dictionary
check|row — «CHEHK ROH», noun, verb. –n. one of a number of rows of plants, especially corn, which mark the land off into squares for ease in using a cultivator. –v.t. to plant in checkrows … Useful english dictionary
