fertilize

C2 Topic:Gardening & Horticulture

Also spelled fertilise, fertilised, fertilises, and fertilising

US /ˈfɜː(ɹ)tɪlaɪz/ See IPA manual

Freq #34080

Meanings

1

verb
provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to

We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants.
2

verb
make fertile or productive

The course fertilized the student's imagination.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · provide with fertilizers or... feed

2 verb · make fertile or productive fecundate

More impregnate

Word family

Forms fertilizedfertilizesfertilizing

Derived forms biofertilizecross-fertilizedefertilizefertigationfertilizablefertilizationfertilizerfertilizinmisfertilizenonfertilizedoverfertilizepostfertilized

Related forms fertileness fertility

Etymology

From French fertiliser; equivalent to fertile + -ize.

Topics

Gardening & Horticulture Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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