fertilize (redirected from fertilizing)

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, fertilise [ˈfɜːtɪˌlaɪz]

vb (tr)

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) to provide (an animal, plant, or egg cell) with sperm or pollen to bring about fertilization

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) to supply (soil or water) with mineral and organic nutrients to aid the growth of plants

3. to make fertile or productive

fertilizable , fertilisable adj

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

verb

1. inseminate, impregnate, pollinate, make pregnant, fructify, make fruitful, fecundate sperm levels needed to fertilize the egg

2. enrich, feed, compost, manure, mulch, top-dress, dress grown in recently fertilized soil

Translations

fertilize [ˈfɜːtɪlaɪz] VT

1. [+ egg] → fecundar

2. (Agr) [+ land, soil] → abonar, fertilizar

fertilize [ˈfɜː^rtɪlaɪz] fertilise (British) vt

[+ soil] → fertiliser

[+ egg] → féconder; [+ female plant] → féconder

fertilize

vt animal, egg, flower → befruchten; land, soil → düngen

fertilize [ˈfɜːtɪˌlaɪz] vt (egg) → fecondare (Agr) (land, soil) → fertilizzare

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fertilize [ˈfɜːtɪˌlaɪz] vt (egg) → fecondare (Agr) (land, soil) → fertilizzare