verb
- to till or cultivate (land) between rows of a crop; to perform secondary plowing or hoeing between planted rows
Usage: agriculture; chiefly historical or regional
Examples
- Farmers would intertill the corn rows to remove weeds and aerate the soil.
- The gardener decided to intertill between the bean plants to improve drainage.
- In traditional agriculture, workers would intertill multiple times during the growing season.
- Modern equipment has made it easier to intertill large fields efficiently.