rototilled

verb

past tense of rototill
as in raked

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  1. raked
  2. listed
  3. tilled
Verb
  • The grass and roots can then be raked out after tilling the soil and before planting flowers.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
  • Balogun splayed his legs to keep his balance, and his right foot raked down the back of Muharemović’s calf before landing on Muharemović’s ankle.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 2 July 2026
Definition of raked
Verb
  • Fars listed the ports as including Jebel Ali, a huge container port in the United Arab Emirates, and Mina Salman in Bahrain, home to the headquarters of the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • For example Januvia and Janumet, two of the three Merck drugs listed as TrumpRx presidential deals, are available as generics.
    — Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 16 July 2026
Definition of listed
Verb
  • Creative soil has to be tilled every once in a while.
    — Peter Bogdanovich, IndieWire, 13 May 2026
  • Red clover can make a drought- and shade-tolerant lawn alternative, but it is more often grown as an annual winter cover crop and then tilled into the soil as green manure.
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 13 May 2026
Definition of tilled
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“Rototilled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rototilled. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.

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