 fertilise |
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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 |
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