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stooked

/stʊkt/ /stuːkt/

Meanings
verb
To make stooks.

Examples :

"After cutting the wheat, the farmer stooked the bundles to help them dry in the sun. "
agriculture plant action process work

Related Words

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dry noun

/dɹaɪ/

The process by which something is dried.

"This towel is still damp: I think it needs another dry."

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after adjective

/ˈæf.tə(ɹ)/ /ˈæf.tɚ/

Later; second (of two); next, following, subsequent

"The after-school program is a great way for kids to continue learning. "

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make noun

/meɪk/

Brand or kind; model.

"What make of car do you drive?"

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help noun

/hɛlp/

Action given to provide assistance; aid.

"I need some help with my homework."

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sun noun

/sʌn/

A star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system.

"Our solar system's sun provides the light and warmth necessary for life on Earth. "

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

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bundles noun

/ˈbʌndəlz/

A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying.

"a bundle of straw or of paper; a bundle of old clothes"

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cutting verb

/ˈkʌtɪŋ/

(heading) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.

"The carpenter carefully cutting the wood with a sharp knife. "

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them pronoun

/ðʌm/

(plural) Those ones.

"The children asked their teacher for help with those math problems; she explained them. "

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farmer noun

/fɑːmə/ /fɑɹmɚ/

A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock, especially on a farm.

"The farmer planted corn in his fields every spring. "

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wheat noun

/wiːt/

Any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.

"My grandmother uses wheat flour to make her famous bread rolls. "

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stooks noun

/stʊks/

A pile or bundle, especially of straw.

"After the wheat harvest, the farmer arranged the bundles of straw into neat stooks in the field. "