dethatch

To abrade the surface of a lawn or turf in order to remove dead grass.

Verb

  1. To abrade the surface of a lawn or turf in order to remove dead grass.
    • The services available vary widely, from basic tasks like mowing and edging walkways and flower beds to more involved work like trimming shrubs and bushes, applying fertilizer and pesticides, and dethatching, which...

Origin

From de- + thatch.

Forms

dethatches dethatching dethatched

Derived

dethatcher