Dethatch
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To abrade the surface of a lawn or turf in order to remove dead grass. transitive
"The services available vary widely, from basic tasks like mowing and edging walkways and flower beds to more involved work like trimming shrubs and bushes, applying fertilizer and pesticides, and dethatching, which removes layers of dead grass."
Example
More examples"The services available vary widely, from basic tasks like mowing and edging walkways and flower beds to more involved work like trimming shrubs and bushes, applying fertilizer and pesticides, and dethatching, which removes layers of dead grass."
Etymology
From de- + thatch.
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