About The Word Fertilize
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Fertilize
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What's The Definition Of Fertilize?
[v] introduce semen into (a female)
[v] provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; in agriculture and gardening; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants" [v] make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her imagination" Synonyms | Synonyms for Fertilize: fecundate | fecundate | feed | fertilise | fertilise | inseminate Related Terms | Find terms related to Fertilize: backset | compost | cross-fertilize | cross-pollen | cross-pollinate | cross-pollinize | cultivate | culture | cut | delve | dig | dress | enrich | fallow | fatten | fecundate | fecundify | feed | force | fructify | get with child | get with young | harrow | hoe | impregnate | inseminate | list | manure | mulch | nourish | plow | pollen | pollinate | pollinize | prolificate | prune | rake | spade | spermatize | thin | thin out | till | till the soil | weed | weed out | work See Also | alter | alter | bang up | change | change | cross-fertilise | cross-fertilize | cross-pollinate | dung | enrich | impregnate | knock up | nitrify | pollenate | pollinate | prang up | stratify | topdress Fertilize In Webster's Dictionary \Fer"ti*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fertilized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Fertilizing}.] [Cf. F. fertiliser.]
1. To make fertile or enrich; to supply with nourishment for
plants; to make fruitful or productive; as, to fertilize
land, soil, ground, and meadows.
And fertilize the field that each pretends to gain.
--Byron.
2. To fecundate; as, to fertilize flower. --A. R. Wallace.
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