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fertilise::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fecundate, fertilize, inseminate |
| Type of | alter, modify, change |
| Has types | pollenate, stratify, impregnate, knock up, prang up, pollinate, bang up, cross-fertilise, cross-fertilize, cross-pollinate |
Examples of fertilise
fertilise
So the males come ashore too and compete to fertilise the eggs as they are laid.
From the guardian.co.uk
The Incas would have gathered up the dung and used it to fertilise their fields.
From the telegraph.co.uk
I suppose he means well and wants to fertilise friends'second homes and gardens.
From the guardian.co.uk
It can cross or self-fertilise and may have three to four generations in a year.
From the edp24.co.uk
In these circumstances, only a few males are needed to fertilise all the females.
From the newscientist.com
When a clam wants to reproduce, it uses its own sperm to fertilise its own egg.
From the newscientist.com
The IVF clinic had blundered, and used the wrong sperm to fertilise Mrs A's eggs.
From the newscientist.com
They evolve to be picky, choosing only the best males to fertilise their eggs.
From the newscientist.com
Not only would the exhaust keep the plants warm, it might also fertilise them.
From the economist.com
- Fertilize: make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her imagination"
- Inseminate: introduce semen into (a female)
- (fertilisation) 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
- 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. ...
- (Fertilisation (soil)) 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. ...
- (FERTILISATION) The penetration of the egg by the sperm.
- (Fertilisation) Occurs when an egg and sperm meet successfully to form a zygote, the stage before an embryo.
- (Fertilisation) The process in which a man's sperm joins with a woman's egg and results in pregnancy.
- (fertilisation) when the male nucleus of the pollen unites with the female nucleus of the ovule
