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Noun: windrow  'wind,row
  1. A long line of raked hay or cut grain left to dry in the sun before being baled or gathered
    "The farmer used a rake to form neat windrows in the hay field"
     
  2. A row of sheaves of grain set up to dry, with space between for air circulation
    "The harvesters carefully arranged the wheat into windrows"
     
  3. A strip of turf and soil dug up along the border of a field, used to improve other areas of the land
    "They created windrows along the field's edge to gather soil for the low-lying areas"
Verb: windrow  'wind,row
  1. To arrange in long, low rows or lines, especially of cut hay or grain for drying
    "They windrow the hay before baling"

Derived forms: windrows, windrowed, windrowing

Encyclopedia: Windrow, Tennessee