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windrow en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈwɪnd.ɹəʊ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts Proto-Germanic *windaz Proto-West Germanic *wind Old English wind Middle English wynd English wind English row English windrow From wind + row.

Meanings

1. A row of cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field.
2. A line of leaves etc heaped up by the wind.
3. A similar streak of seaweed etc on the surface of the sea formed by Langmuir circulation.
4. A line of gravel left behind by the edge of a grader’s blade.
5. (broadly) A line of gravel left behind by the edge of a grader’s blade. ▸ A ridge or berm at a perimeter
6. (Canada) A line of snow left behind by the edge of a snowplow’s blade.
7. (Canada, broadly) A line of snow left behind by the edge of a snowplow’s blade. ▸ A long snowbank along the side of a road.
8. (UK) The green border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth onto other land to improve it.

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Translations (23)

nl wal (line heaped up by the wind) · fi karhe (row of cut grain or hay) · cmn 成排的乾草 /成排的干草 (row of cut grain or hay) · fi karhe (line of gravel left behind by the edge of a grader) · ga láithreán féir (row of cut grain or hay) · wa andon (row of cut grain or hay) · ru вало́к (row of cut grain or hay) · wa hougne (row of cut grain or hay) · de Schwade (row of cut grain or hay) · izh heinälaine (row of cut grain or hay) · ca andana (row of cut grain or hay) · nl zwade (row of cut grain or hay) · fi valli (line of snow left behind by snowplow) · bg откос (row of cut grain or hay) · it andana (row of cut grain or hay) · fi reunavalli (ridge or berm at a perimeter) · fi vana (streak of seaweed etc on the surface of the sea) · sv hösträng (row of cut grain or hay) · nl zwad (row of cut grain or hay) · gl renque (row of cut grain or hay) · fr andain (row of cut grain or hay) · es hilera (row of cut grain or hay) · fi penkka (long snowbank along the side of a road)

windrow en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /ˈwɪnd.ɹəʊ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts Proto-Germanic *windaz Proto-West Germanic *wind Old English wind Middle English wynd English wind English row English windrow From wind + row.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To arrange (e.g. new-made hay) in lines or windrows.
   • Threshing a previously windrowed swath (windrowing) or cutting and threshing the crop in one operation (direct heading) are the common methods of harvesting oilseed rape. 1979, Ralph E. H. Sims, New Zealand Journal of Experimental Agriculture, ISSN 0301-5521, volume 7, number 4, “Comparative methods of harvesting oilseed rape”, page 79
   • Using a motor grader to windrow the pulverized reclaimed material. 1990, J. A. Epps, Transportation Research Board, NCHRP Synthesis of Highway Practice, ISSN 0547-5570, “Cold-Recycled Bituminous Concrete Using Bituminous Materials”, “Blade Mixing”, page 13
   • This cool spell favored the cane shipped to some extent, for if the weather had remained as warm for three or four days as it was Friday, all the cane that was windrowed after the freeze would have been lost and much of it that was windrowed before the freeze would have met a like fate. 1899, January 7, correspondent P.C.M., The Louisiana Planter and Sugar Manufacturer, volume 22, number 1, “Vermilion”, page 7

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