Fertilize

  • 11fertilize — verb a) To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it. to fertilize ones imagination b) To make more creative or intellectually productive …

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  • 12fertilize — Synonyms and related words: 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… …

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  • 13fertilize — [[t]fɜ͟ː(r)tɪlaɪz[/t]] fertilizes, fertilizing, fertilized (in BRIT, also use fertilise) 1) VERB When an egg from the ovary of a woman or female animal is fertilized, a sperm from the male joins with the egg, causing a baby or young animal to… …

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  • 14fertilize v — She was only the Farmer s daughter, but she knew hundreds of ways to fertilize …

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  • 15fertilize — verb 1) the field was fertilized Syn: feed, mulch, compost, green manure, manure, dress, top dress, add fertilizer to 2) these orchids are fertilized by insects Syn: pollinate, cross pollinate, cross fertilize …

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  • 16fertilize — fer•ti•lize [[t]ˈfɜr tlˌaɪz[/t]] v. t. lized, liz•ing 1) dvl a) to render (the female gamete) capable of development by uniting it with the male gamete b) to fecundate or impregnate (an animal, plant, or other organism) 2) agr. to make fertile;… …

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  • 17fertilize — fer·ti·lize (furґtĭ līz) to render a gamete fertile; see fertilization. Called also fecundate and impregnate …

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  • 18fertilize — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To enrich land] Syn. manure, dress, top dress, feed, lime, prepare, mulch, cover, treat. 2. [To impregnate] Syn. breed, make pregnant, fecundate, generate, germinate, pollinate, inseminate, implant, propagate, procreate, get …

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  • 19fertilize — fer|ti|lize also fertilise BrE [ˈfə:tılaız US ˈfə:rtl aız] v [T] 1.) to make new animal or plant life develop ▪ After the egg has been fertilized, it will hatch in about six weeks. 2.) to put fertilizer on the soil to make plants grow… …

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  • 20fertilize — fer|til|ize [ fɜrtə,laız ] verb transitive 1. ) to make an egg, a woman, or an animal start to produce a baby 2. ) to add a natural or chemical substance to soil in order to help plants grow …

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