Fertilize definition

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To make (soil, for example) fertile.

Compost fertilizes the soil.

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To spread fertilizer on.

Used a mechanical spreader to fertilize the lawn.

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To cause the fertilization of (an ovum, for example).

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To spread fertilizer.

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To make fertile; make fruitful or productive; enrich.

Nitrates fertilize soil.

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To spread fertilizer on.

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(biol.) To make (the female reproductive cell or female individual) fruitful by pollinating, or impregnating, with the male gamete.

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To cause the fertilization of an ovum.

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To make matter, such as soil, fertile.

Compost fertilizes the soil.

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To spread fertilizer on a surface or material.

Fertilized the lawn.

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To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.

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(figuratively) To make more creative or intellectually productive.

To fertilize one's imagination.

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To cause to produce offspring through insemination; to inseminate.

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Origin of fertilize