Definitions

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  • adjective agriculture Used for applying a mulch.
  • adjective agriculture Used as a mulch.
  • noun agriculture The act of preparing/applying a mulch.
  • verb Present participle of mulch.

Etymologies

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From mulch.

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Examples

  • Psychokinetic disagreement can lead to brain mulching and other nastiness, as well as scaring the crap out of the mundanes.

    Archive 2007-12-01 Blue Tyson 2007

  • Psychokinetic disagreement can lead to brain mulching and other nastiness, as well as scaring the crap out of the mundanes.

    Superhero Prose Fiction: Unique - Scanners Blue Tyson 2007

  • Patience - breakdown of mulch may take awhile help and I like the idea of mulching, but how should I get the material to decompose in our dry climate?

    WN.com - Articles related to Bread firm sees more 'dough' with P600M plant 2009

  • Special preparation such as mulching, furrowing, or ridging may be required to facilitate early growth.

    Chapter 8 1990

  • Finally, there are "mulching" mowers with blades that chop green grass clippings into tiny pieces and drops them below the mower where they are unnoticeable.

    Organic Gardener's Composting Steve Solomon

  • In western Pennsylvania, where Pittsburgh also had one of its snowiest winters on record, most landscaping companies would usually be doing spring cleaning work, such as mulching flower beds or getting yards ready for graduation parties.

    WRAL.com Top Stories 2010

  • Techniques such as mulching to keep the soil covered and to prevent such a high-level of evaporation or balanced fertilisation are crucial.

    Free Apparel News – Apparel RSS XML Feeds – Fibre2fashion.com 2009

  • And when gardening or treating your lawn, look for natural alternatives to chemical weed and bug killers and take preventative measures such as mulching for weeds and using traps, barriers, fabric row covers, or plant-based repellants to get rid of pests.

    RVABlogs 2009

  • I've had a vegetable garden before, but I had a lot of help and I certainly did not mulch it -- and since I am so dumb that I mulched this darn garden by hand, the mulching was truly horrific (I have since purchased a hoe).

    Tequila Lime Marinade for Tequila Lime Chicken Tacos Laura 2009

  • I've had a vegetable garden before, but I had a lot of help and I certainly did not mulch it -- and since I am so dumb that I mulched this darn garden by hand, the mulching was truly horrific (I have since purchased a hoe).

    Archive 2009-05-01 Laura 2009

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