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fertilize::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fecundate, fertilise, inseminate |
| Type of | alter, modify, change |
| Has types | pollenate, stratify, impregnate, knock up, prang up, pollinate, bang up, cross-fertilise, cross-fertilize, cross-pollinate |
| Derivation | fertilization |
Examples of fertilize
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When you plant, water and fertilize a field of seed corn, you get a bumper crop.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Fertilize seedlings with a half-strength solution of fish emulsion and sea kelp.
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Fertilize with nitrogen three weeks after sprouting, and don't let them dry out.
From the denverpost.com
I fertilize all my acid-loving plants at the drip line in spring with Hollytone.
From the post-gazette.com
Farmers often store the wastewater in lagoons and may use it to fertilize crops.
From the sciencedaily.com
Now begin to fertilize the plant twice a month with a diluted orchid fertilizer.
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The two nitrogen sources used to fertilize the crop were urea or swine effluent.
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While you enjoy your time away, maybe you can fertilize that analogy a bit more.
From the nation.time.com
It just produces the liquid that feeds the sperm on its way to fertilize the egg.
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- Provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"
- Make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her imagination"
- Inseminate: introduce semen into (a female)
- (fertilizer) any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile
- (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
- (fertilization) making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
- 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. ...
- (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. ...
- 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
