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fertile

[ fur-tlor, especially British, -tahyl ]

adjective

  1. bearing, producing, or capable of producing vegetation, crops, etc., abundantly; prolific:

    fertile soil.

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    Antonyms: ,

  2. bearing or capable of bearing offspring.

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  3. abundantly productive:

    a fertile imagination.

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  4. producing an abundance (usually followed by of or in ):

    a land fertile of wheat.

  5. conducive to productiveness:

    fertile showers.

  6. Biology.
    1. fertilized, as an egg or ovum; fecundated.
    2. capable of growth or development, as seeds or eggs.
  7. Botany.
    1. capable of producing sexual reproductive structures.
    2. capable of causing fertilization, as an anther with fully developed pollen.
    3. having spore-bearing organs, as a frond.
  8. Physics. (of a nuclide) capable of being transmuted into a fissile nuclide by irradiation with neutrons: Compare fissile ( def 2 ).

    Uranium 238 and thorium 232 are fertile nuclides.

  9. produced in abundance.


fertile

/ ˈɜːٲɪ /

adjective

  1. capable of producing offspring
    1. (of land) having nutrients capable of sustaining an abundant growth of plants
    2. (of farm animals) capable of breeding stock
  2. biology
    1. capable of undergoing growth and development

      fertile seeds

      fertile eggs

    2. (of plants) capable of producing gametes, spores, seeds, or fruits
  3. producing many offspring; prolific
  4. highly productive; rich; abundant

    a fertile brain

  5. physics (of a substance) able to be transformed into fissile or fissionable material, esp in a nuclear reactor
  6. conducive to productiveness

    fertile rain

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

fertile

/ ûtl /

  1. Capable of producing offspring, seeds, or fruit.
  2. Capable of developing into a complete organism; fertilized.
  3. Capable of supporting plant life; favorable to the growth of crops and plants.
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Derived Forms

  • ˈڱپԱ, noun
  • ˈڱپ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ڱt· adverb
  • ڱt·Ա noun
  • 󲹱-ڱt adjective
  • half-ڱt· adverb
  • half-ڱt·Ա noun
  • ԴDz·ڱt adjective
  • v·ڱt adjective
  • ·ڱt adjective
  • ܲ·ڱt adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of fertile1

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English (from Middle French ), from Latin fertilis “fruitful,” akin to ferre “to bear”; bear 1, -ile
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of fertile1

C15: from Latin fertilis , from ferre to bear
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The conspiracy theorists also find this to be fertile ground.

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Mosquitoes thrive in warm weather conditions and rely on standing water to breed, making the swimming pools fertile grounds for a population explosion.

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Of course, there was a profusion of great minds in California’s fertile Santa Clara Valley, innovators and visionaries blessed with a superhuman capacity to peer around corners and deep into the future.

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It’s such virgin, fertile ground becoming a dad.

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Historical texts suggest the festival has long been celebrated to mark good harvests and seek fertile land.

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