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fertilize
[ fur-tl-ahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- Biology.
- to render (the female gamete) capable of development by uniting it with the male gamete.
- to fecundate or impregnate (an animal or plant).
- to make fertile; enrich:
to fertilize farmland.
- to make productive.
fertilize
/ ˈɜːɪˌɪ /
verb
- to provide (an animal, plant, or egg cell) with sperm or pollen to bring about fertilization
- to supply (soil or water) with mineral and organic nutrients to aid the growth of plants
- to make fertile or productive
Derived Forms
- ˈڱپˌ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ڱt·a· adjective
- ڱt·a·i·ٲ noun
- v·ڱt· verb (used with object) overfertilized overfertilizing
- ·ڱt· verb (used with object) prefertilized prefertilizing
- re·ڱt·a· adjective
- ·ڱt· verb (used with object) refertilized refertilizing
- un·ڱt·a· adjective
- ܲ·ڱt· adjective
- ܲ·ڱt·iԲ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of fertilize1
Example Sentences
That savagery had already reared up in social media spaces before the pandemic fertilized it, but knowing it was already present doesn’t lessen the shock of experiencing versions of it in face-to-face interactions.
Whether we use it to fertilize a resurgent democracy, or throw it in everyone’s face, including our own, is really up to us.
In October, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife constructed a series of nests along the 12-mile stretch of gravel riverbed and then filled them with fertilized Chinook salmon eggs from a nearby hatchery.
The swelling that occurred in her lower abdomen, she says, was likely an ectopic pregnancy, in which a fertilized egg implants and grows outside of the uterus.
He watered, fertilized and harvested his own tomatoes and set up a vegetable stand, where he showed off his horticultural expertise to neighbors.
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