Definition of Fertilize

1. Verb. Provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to. "They fertilize the trees"; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"

Exact synonyms: Feed, Fertilise
Category relationships: Agriculture, Farming, Husbandry
Generic synonyms: Enrich
Specialized synonyms: Nitrify, Dung, Topdress
Derivative terms: Fertilization, Fertilizer

2. Verb. Make fertile or productive. "The course fertilized her imagination"
Exact synonyms: Fecundate, Fertilise
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Fecundation, Fertilizer

3. Verb. Introduce semen into (a female).

Definition of Fertilize

1. v. t. To make fertile or enrich; to supply with nourishment for plants; to make fruitful or productive; as, to fertilize land, soil, ground, and meadows.

Definition of Fertilize

1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]

Medical Definition of Fertilize

1. 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. Origin: Cf. F. Fertiliser. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fertilize

fertility agents
fertility drug
fertility factor
fertility rate
fertility ratio
fertility vitamin
fertilizable
fertilization
fertilization
fertilizations
fertilization age
fertilization in vitro
fertilization membrane
fertilization membrane
fertilize (current term)
fertilize (current term)
fertilized
fertilized egg
fertilized ovum
fertilizer
fertilizers
fertilizes
fertilizin
fertilizing
ferula
ferula
ferulaceous
ferulae
ferulas
ferule

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