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1. | [ verb ] (agriculture) provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; in agriculture and gardening | |
Synonyms: | fertilize feed | |
Examples: | "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants" |
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Related terms: | enrich nitrify dung topdress farming | |
2. | [ verb ] make fertile or productive | |
Synonyms: | fecundate fertilize | |
Examples: | "The course fertilized her imagination" |
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Related terms: | change fertilization | |
3. | [ verb ] introduce semen into (a female) | |
Synonyms: | fertilize fecundate inseminate | |
Related terms: | change pollinate impregnate impregnate stratify cross-fertilize fertilization semen | |
Similar spelling: |
fertiliser fertilised fertilize fertile fertilizer fertilized fertilizable fertility |