verb
meeker
Meeker (verb) means to break up clods and smooth out plowed soil using a harrow. Example: “The farmer meekered the field before planting the spring wheat.”
verb
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To break up clods and smooth out plowed soil using a harrow.
"The area was plowed on May 10, 1977, disked on May 15 and meekered and harrowed on May 23 and 27."
— Ezuddin Sultan Mohammed, Early competition between redroot pigweed and tomato (1978)
"I did not think it was necessary for all of you realize that your ground should be plowed, disked, harrowed, and meekered for a good seed bed."
— Ohio Vegetable and Potato Growers Association, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting (1943)
"The farmer meekered the field before planting the spring wheat."
"After the field has been meekered it looks like it had been gone over with a garden rake, all clods having been cut or crushed and as level as a floor."
— Report of the Iowa State Horticultural Society (1918)
How to use meeker
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo smooth freshly plowed ground with a harrow.
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Word forms
- Third person singular
- meekers
- Past tense
- meekered
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Etymology
Named after the maker of a well-known brand of harrow, whose name became a verb for the act of using one.
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What does “meeker” mean?
The word “meeker” means to break up clods and smooth out plowed soil using a harrow. In plain terms, to smooth freshly plowed ground with a harrow.
How do you use “meeker” in a sentence?
Here is “meeker” used in a sentence: “The farmer meekered the field before planting the spring wheat.”
What part of speech is “meeker”?
“Meeker” is a verb.
What is the meaning of meeker?
"meeker" (verb) means to break up clods and smooth out plowed soil using a harrow.
