Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(agriculture) To practice crop rotation in growing (a particular crop).
Sugar beet needs a lot of (petrochemical) weed killers, has to be crop-rotated (so the processors are four times as far apart, which means longer shipping routes), and the processors and evaporators are energy hogs.
Currently, cotton is crop rotated with winter wheat in Uzbekistan after cotton is harvested. This is an advantage in diversification for soil health and food security.
Use crop-rotate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Crop-rotate means (agriculture) To practice crop rotation in growing (a particular crop).
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Sugar beet needs a lot of (petrochemical) weed killers, has to be crop-rotated (so the processors are four times as far apart, which means longer shipping routes), and the processors and evaporators are energy hogs.
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.