fertilize

fer·til·ize

F0088300 (fûr′tl-īz′)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.

fer′til·iz′a·ble adj.

fertilize

(ˈfɜːtɪˌlaɪz) or

fertilise

vb (tr) 1. (Biology) to provide (an animal, plant, or egg cell) with sperm or pollen to bring about fertilization2. (Agriculture) to supply (soil or water) with mineral and organic nutrients to aid the growth of plants3. to make fertile or productive ˈfertiˌlizable, ˈfertiˌlisable adj

fer•ti•lize

(ˈfɜr tlˌaɪz)

v.t. -lized, -liz•ing. 1. 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. to make fertile; enrich: to fertilize farmland. 3. to make productive. [1640–50] fer′ti•liz`a•ble, adj. fer`ti•liz`a•bil′i•ty, n.

fertilize

Past participle: fertilized
Gerund: fertilizing

Imperative
fertilize
fertilize

Present
I fertilize
you fertilize
he/she/it fertilizes
we fertilize
you fertilize
they fertilize

Preterite
I fertilized
you fertilized
he/she/it fertilized
we fertilized
you fertilized
they fertilized

Present Continuous
I am fertilizing
you are fertilizing
he/she/it is fertilizing
we are fertilizing
you are fertilizing
they are fertilizing

Present Perfect
I have fertilized
you have fertilized
he/she/it has fertilized
we have fertilized
you have fertilized
they have fertilized

Past Continuous
I was fertilizing
you were fertilizing
he/she/it was fertilizing
we were fertilizing
you were fertilizing
they were fertilizing

Past Perfect
I had fertilized
you had fertilized
he/she/it had fertilized
we had fertilized
you had fertilized
they had fertilized

Future
I will fertilize
you will fertilize
he/she/it will fertilize
we will fertilize
you will fertilize
they will fertilize

Future Perfect
I will have fertilized
you will have fertilized
he/she/it will have fertilized
we will have fertilized
you will have fertilized
they will have fertilized

Future Continuous
I will be fertilizing
you will be fertilizing
he/she/it will be fertilizing
we will be fertilizing
you will be fertilizing
they will be fertilizing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been fertilizing
you have been fertilizing
he/she/it has been fertilizing
we have been fertilizing
you have been fertilizing
they have been fertilizing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been fertilizing
you will have been fertilizing
he/she/it will have been fertilizing
we will have been fertilizing
you will have been fertilizing
they will have been fertilizing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been fertilizing
you had been fertilizing
he/she/it had been fertilizing
we had been fertilizing
you had been fertilizing
they had been fertilizing

Conditional
I would fertilize
you would fertilize
he/she/it would fertilize
we would fertilize
you would fertilize
they would fertilize

Past Conditional
I would have fertilized
you would have fertilized
he/she/it would have fertilized
we would have fertilized
you would have fertilized
they would have fertilized

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	fertilize - provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"fertilise, feedfarming, husbandry, agriculture - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stockenrich - make better or improve in quality; "The experience enriched her understanding"; "enriched foods"nitrify - treat (soil) with nitratesdung - 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, fertilisealter, 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, fertilisestratify - 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 pollenalter, 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"

fertilize

verb1. inseminate, impregnate, pollinate, make pregnant, fructify, make fruitful, fecundate sperm levels needed to fertilize the egg2. enrich, feed, compost, manure, mulch, top-dress, dress grown in recently fertilized soil

fertilize

verbTo make fertile:enrich, fecundate.

Translations

fertile

(ˈfəːtail) adjective1. producing a lot. fertile fields; a fertile mind/imagination. 肥沃的，丰富的 2. able to produce fruit, children, young animals etc. fertile seed.有繁殖力的ferˈtility (-ˈti-) noun the state or condition of being fertile. 繁殖力fertilize, fertilise (-ti-) verb to make fertile. He fertilized his fields with manure; An egg must be fertilized before it can develop. 使肥沃，使受精 ˌfertiliˈzation, ˌfertiliˈsation noun 施肥，受精 ˈfertilizer, ˈfertiliser (-ti-) noun a substance (manure, chemicals etc) used to make land (more) fertile. 肥料

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verb inseminate

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verb enrich

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verb to make fertile

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verb provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to

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verb make fertile or productive

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verb introduce semen into (a female)

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