Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To cover with an artificial grasslike material.

  2. (lowercase, transitive, usually)To fabricate an impression of political support for an agenda.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. The astroturf feels springy under your feet.

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  2. A number of purported grassroots movements are really astroturfing campaigns by the ultra-wealthy.

    deEine Anzahl vorgeblicher Graswurzelbewegungen sind in Wirklichkeit von den Ultrareichen ausgerollter Kunstrasen.

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Origin

See AstroTurf and astroturfing.

See AstroTurf and astroturfing.

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Forms

Astroturfs, Astroturfing, Astroturfed, Astroturfed
Base formAstroturf · to Astroturf
3rd person singularAstroturfs
Present participleAstroturfing
Past simpleAstroturfed
Past participleAstroturfed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyAstroturf
he, she, itAstroturfs

Past simpleLesson

all personsAstroturfed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave Astroturfed
he, she, ithas Astroturfed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill Astroturf

Word family

3 related words
Derivedastroturferastroturfingastroturfy

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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