Dibble

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  • noun. A pointed gardening implement used to make holes in soil, especially for planting bulbs or seedlings.
  • transitive verb. To make holes in (soil) with a pointed implement.
  • transitive verb. To plant by means of a pointed implement.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To plant with a dibble, or to make holes in for planting seeds, etc.; make holes or indentations in, as if with a dibble.
  • noun. A pointed tool, often merely a short, stout, pointed stick, used in gardening and agriculture to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs, setting out plants, etc.
  • To dip or let the bait fall gently into the water, as in angling.
  • noun. A planting implement which carries the seed in the handle and drops it from the point by means of a slide, when inserted in the earth.
  • noun. A pair of wheels drawn by a horse, and furnished with cogs which make holes for seed: used in cotton-planting.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which no set out plants or to plant seeds.
  • transitive verb. To plant with a dibble; to make holes in (soil) with a dibble, for planting.
  • transitive verb. To make holes or indentations in, as if with a dibble.
  • intransitive verb. To dib or dip frequently, as in angling.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which to set out plants or to plant seeds. Also known as a dibber.
  • noun. the police or one or more police officers (from the character of Officer Dibble in the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series Top Cat)
  • verb. To make holes, or plant seeds, using a dibble.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. make a hole with a wooden hand tool
  • noun. a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs
  • verb. plant with a wooden hand tool
  • Word Usage
    "Dildo is first attested at the end of the 16th century in English, dibble about 150 years earlier."
    Form
    dibbled  dibbling  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    dig  dig out  hand tool  plant  set  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Sibyl  dribble  gribble  kibble  nibble  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    angle  bait the hook  bed  bob  broadcast  
    verb-form