Astroturf
To cover with an artificial grasslike materialTo cover with an artificial grasslike material.
» The astroturf feels springy under your feet.
frpzzd · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(transitive)To cover with an artificial grasslike material.
(lowercase, transitive, usually)To fabricate an impression of political support for an agenda.
Examples
2 sentencesThe astroturf feels springy under your feet.
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. — Yorwba · CC BY 2.0 FR
Origin
See AstroTurf and astroturfing.See AstroTurf and astroturfing.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
Astroturfs, Astroturfing, Astroturfed, Astroturfed| Base form | Astroturf · to Astroturf |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | Astroturfs |
| Present participle | Astroturfing |
| Past simple | Astroturfed |
| Past participle | Astroturfed |
regular · Lesson
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.