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MULCH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A protective covering of rotting vegetable matter spread to reduce evaporation and soil erosion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("mulch" is a kind of...):
protection; protective cover; protective covering (a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury)
Derivation:
mulch (cover with mulch)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they mulch
... he / she / it mulches
Past simple: mulched
-ing form: mulching
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
mulch the flowerbeds
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "mulch" is one way to...):
cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
mulch (a protective covering of rotting vegetable matter spread to reduce evaporation and soil erosion)
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