Definition

1. Verb (Agriculture):
   • To earth up / to hill up: The primary meaning of "vun gốc" is the agricultural practice of piling soil, compost, or mulch around the base of a plant or crop. This is done to support the plant's stem, promote root growth, suppress weeds, protect from frost, or prevent tubers from being exposed to sunlight.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nông dân đang vun gốc cho những cây ngô. (The farmers are earthing up the corn plants.)
  • Việc vun gốc khoai tây giúp củ phát triển tốt hơn. (Hilling up potatoes helps the tubers develop better.)
  • Nhớ vun gốc cho cây cà chua sau khi bón phân. (Remember to earth up the tomato plants after fertilizing.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is specific to horticulture and agriculture. It describes a precise action and is not typically used in metaphorical or abstract contexts.

Variants and Related Words

• Vun (v): to pile up, to gather into a mound. A more general term for heaping material.
• Xới vun (v): to hoe and earth up; a compound term describing the combined action of loosening the soil and then hilling it around the plant.

Synonyms

• To hill up: To draw earth up around the base of a plant.
• To earth up: To cover or surround the base of a plant with soil.

Related Idioms

• There are no common idioms directly using the phrase "vun gốc." Its usage is almost exclusively literal and technical.