Fertilize
101Male — The traditional definition of male was "an individual of the sex that produces sperm" (or some such). However, things are not so simple today. Male can be defined by physical appearance, by chromosome constitution (see Male chromosome… …
102fecundate — To impregnate; to make fertile. [L. fecundo, pp. atus, to make fruitful, fertilize] * * * fe·cun·date fek ən .dāt, fē kən vt, dat·ed; dat·ing IMPREGNATE fe·cun·da·tion .fek ən dā shən, .fē kən n * * * fe·cun·date (feґkən dāt) fertilize …
103impregnate — 1. To fecundate; to cause to conceive. 2. To diffuse or permeate with another substance. SEE ALSO: saturate. [L. im , in, + praegnans, with child] * * * im·preg·nate im preg .nāt, im . vt, nat·ed; nat·ing 1 a) to make pregnant …
104soil — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 earth ADJECTIVE ▪ deep ▪ shallow, thin ▪ fertile, good, rich ▪ infertile …
105fecundate — Synonyms and related words: cross fertilize, cross pollen, cross pollinate, cross pollinize, dress, enrich, fatten, fecundify, fertilize, fructify, get with child, get with young, impregnate, inseminate, manure, pollen, pollinate, pollinize,… …
106fructify — Synonyms and related words: be fruitful, be productive, bear, bear fruit, beget, bring forth, cross fertilize, cross pollen, cross pollinate, cross pollinize, dress, engender, enrich, fatten, fecundify, fertilize, fruit, furnish, get with child,… …
107impregnate — Synonyms and related words: bathe, beat into, besprinkle, brainwash, breathe, brew, catechize, charge, color, condition, cross fertilize, cross pollen, cross pollinate, cross pollinize, decoct, douche, dredge, drench, dress, drouk, dye, enrich,… …
108inseminate — Synonyms and related words: bed, broadcast, cross fertilize, cross pollen, cross pollinate, cross pollinize, dibble, disseminate, drill, fecundify, fertilize, forest, fructify, get with child, get with young, implant, impregnate, inculcate, infix …
109soil — n. 1) to cultivate, till, work the soil 2) to fertilize; irrigate the soil 3) barren, poor; fertile; firm; packed; sandy; soggy; swampy soil * * * [sɔɪl] fertile firm irrigate the soil packed poor sandy …
110enrich — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. endow, aggrandize, make wealthy; embellish, ornament, adorn, beautify; fertilize; cultivate, develop. See improvement, money. Ant., impoverish. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. enhance, adorn, ameliorate,… …
