'Fertilize' definitions:
Definition of 'fertilize'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Fertilize'
From: GCIDE
- Fertilize \Fer"ti*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fertilized; p. pr. & vb. n. Fertilizing.] [Cf. F. fertiliser.]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- And fertilize the field that each pretends to gain. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To fecundate; as, to fertilize flower. --A. R. Wallace. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fertilize'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- backset,
- compost,
- cross-fertilize,
- cross-pollen,
- cross-pollinate,
- cross-pollinize,
- cultivate,
- culture,
- cut,
- delve,
- dig,
- dress,
- enrich,
- fallow,
- fatten,
- fecundate,
- fecundify,
- feed,
- force,
- fructify,
- get with child,
- get with young,
- harrow,
- hoe,
- impregnate,
- inseminate,
- list,
- manure,
- mulch,
- nourish,
- plow,
- pollen,
- pollinate,
- pollinize,
- prolificate,
- prune,
- rake,
- spade,
- spermatize,
- thin,
- thin out,
- till,
- till the soil,
- weed,
- weed out,
- work
Words containing 'Fertilize'
- Fertile,
- Fertilely,
- Fertility,
- Fertilization,
- Fertilized,
- Fertilizer,
- Fertilizing,
- fertileness,
- Close fertilization,
- Cross fertilization,
- Fertile, IA,
- Fertile, MN,
- Illegitimate fertilization,
- fertile crescent,
- fertile period,
- fertile phase,
- fertility drug,
- fertility god,
- fertility rate,
- fertilization age,
- fertilization membrane,
- fertilized egg,
- fertilized ovum,
- organic fertilizer,
- Cross-fertilize,
- Cross-fertilized,
- Cross-fertilizing,
- Self-fertilization,
- Self-fertilized,
- Wind-fertilized,
- cross-fertilization