fertilize

fer·til·ize  (fûrtl-z)

v. fer·til·ized, fer·til·iz·ing, fer·til·iz·es

v.tr.

1. To cause the fertilization of (an ovum, for example).

2. To make (soil, for example) fertile: Compost fertilizes the soil.

3. To spread fertilizer on: used a mechanical spreader to fertilize the lawn.

v.intr.

To spread fertilizer.

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fertil·iza·ble adj.

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fertilize or -lise

Verb

[-lizing, -lized] or -lising, -lised

1. to provide (an animal or plant) with sperm or pollen to bring about fertilization

2. to supply (soil) with nutrients

fertilization
-lisation n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	fertilize - provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants" fertilise, feed farming, husbandry, agriculture - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock enrich - make better or improve in quality; "The experience enriched her understanding"; "enriched foods" nitrify - treat (soil) with nitrates dung - fertilize or dress with dung; "you must dung the land" topdress - scatter manure or fertilizer over (land)
	2.	fertilize - make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her imagination" fecundate, fertilise alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
	3.	fertilize - introduce semen into (a female) fecundate, inseminate, fertilise stratify - render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand; "stratify seeds" knock up, prang up, bang up, impregnate - make pregnant; "He impregnated his wife again" impregnate - fertilize and cause to grow; "the egg was impregnated" cross-fertilise, cross-fertilize - cause to undergo cross-fertilization; "Mendel cross-fertilized different kinds of beans" cross-pollinate, pollenate, pollinate - fertilize by transfering pollen alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

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fertilize or fertilise

verb 1. inseminate, impregnate, pollinate, make pregnant, fructify, make fruitful, fecundate

verb 2. enrich, feed, compost, manure, mulch, top-dress, dress, fertigate Austral.

Translations

fertilize [ˈfəːtɪlaɪz] vt → fertilizar;

(BIOL) → fecundar;

(AGR) → abonar

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fertilize [ˈfəːtɪlaɪz] fertile vt → fertiliser;

(Biol) → féconder

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fertilize [ˈfəːtɪlaɪz] fertile vt → düngen;

(Biol) → befruchten

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fertilize [ˈfəːtɪlaɪz] vt → fertilizzare; fecondare