Usually means: Remove excess organic matter, lawn.
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  1. dethatch: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. dethatch: Collins English Dictionary
  3. dethatch: Wiktionary
  4. dethatch: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  5. dethatch: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. dethatch: Dictionary.com
  7. dethatch: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ verb:  (transitive) To abrade the surface of a lawn or turf in order to remove dead grass.

Similar:
scarify, unthatch, unturf, deweed, scalp, turf, desecate, detrash, devegetate, turf out, more...

Opposite:
thatch, rethatch, cover, layer

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Similar:
scarify, unthatch, unturf, deweed, scalp, turf, desecate, detrash, devegetate, turf out, more...

Opposite:
thatch, rethatch, cover, layer



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