side-dressing

1 of 2

noun

side-dress·​ing ˈsīd-ˌdre-siŋ 

variants or sidedressing or side dressing

: plant nutrients (such as fertilizer) used to side-dress a crop

also : the act of practice of applying side-dressing

side-dressing

2 of 2

present participle of side-dress

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1888, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for side-dressing

• acquiescing
• coalescing
• convalescing
• dispossessing
• prepossessing
• reassessing
• accessing
• addressing
• assessing
• caressing
• compressing
• confessing