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/ˈfərtlˌīz/,
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fertilised, past participle; fertilises, 3rd person singular present; fertilising, present participle; fertilised, past tense; fertilized, past tense; fertilizes, 3rd person singular present; fertilizing, present participle; fertilized, past participle;
  1. Cause (an egg, female animal, or plant) to develop a new individual by introducing male reproductive material

  2. Make (soil or land) more fertile or productive by adding suitable substances to it

  1. provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"
  2. make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her imagination"
  3. inseminate: introduce semen into (a female)
  4. (fertilizer) any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile
  5. (fertilization) creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
  6. (fertilization) making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
  7. Fertilisation (also known as conception, fecundation and syngamy), is the fusion of gametes to produce a new organism. In animals, the process involves the fusion of an ovum with a sperm, which eventually leads to the development of an embryo. ...
  8. (Fertilizer) Fertilizers are soil amendments applied to promote plant growth; the main nutrients present in fertilizer are nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (the 'macronutrients') and other nutrients ('micronutrients') are added in smaller amounts. ...
  9. To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it; To make more creative or intellectually productive; To cause to produce offspring through insemination; to inseminate
  10. (fertilizer) A natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants; A chemical compound created to have the same effect
  11. (fertilization) The act or process of rendering fertile; The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable gametes; esp., the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants; fecundation; impregnation
  12. (Fertilized) Usually refers to eggs laid by a queen bee, they are fertilized with sperm stored in the queen's spermatheca, in the process of being laid. These develop into workers or queens.
  13. (fertilized) made possible to reproduce or make more of
  14. (Fertilizer) A natural and synthetic materials, including manure and nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium compounds, spread on or worked into soil to increase its capacity to support plant growth.
  15. (Fertilizer) Any substance containing one or more recognized plant nutrients that is used for promoting plant growth.
  16. (fertilizer) Natural and artificial substance added to the soil to supply nutrients to the plant.
  17. (Fertilizer) An organic or synthetic material added to the soil or the plant, that is important for its nutrient value.
  18. (fertilizer) A mixture of nutrients and minerals that is added to soil to improve the quality of the soil in order to promote plant growth.
  19. (Fertilizer) substance that is added to soil, grass, plants to help them grow.
  20. (Fertilizer) Any material that supplies nutrients to plants. It can be synthetically derived, naturally derived, slow-release or water-soluble for faster availability to plants. Major nutrients are nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K). ...
  21. (Fertilizer) Substance that adds inorganic or organic plant nutrients to soil and improves its ability to grow crops, trees, or other vegetation.  See organic fertilizer.
  22. (Fertilizer) A material added to feed plants rich in nutrients, usually nitrogen (often lost with frequent mowing), phosphates and potash.
  23. (Fertilizer) Animal waste or chemicals that help plants grow. Fertilizers that wash into rivers and streams can cause overgrowth of aquatic vegetation and reduce oxygen levels
  24. (Fertilizer) Any of the numerous organic or synthetic materials containing one or more of the minerals necessary for plant nourishment.
  25. (Fertilizer) During growth season, you would fertilize every two weeks but never in winter for outdoor trees.