Meaning of FERTILIZE
| Pronunciation: | | 'fur`tlIz
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | fecundate, fecundate, feed, fertilise, fertilise, inseminate |
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| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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