fertilize
/ˈfɜː(ɹ)tɪlaɪz/
fertilize verb: to make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.
Verb
fertilize (third-person singular simple present fertilizes, present participle fertilizing, simple past and past participle fertilized)
- To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.
- To make more creative or intellectually productive.
- to fertilize one's imagination
- He [countertenor Anthony Roth Constanzo] also enjoys being the catalyst whereby opera fertilises other art forms: recently, he's collaborated with Japanese kabuki actors, and a project with dancers from New York City Ballet is in the offing.2014 August 8, Rupert Christiansen, “The truth about falsettos [print version: 12 August 2014, p. R8]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)
- To cause to produce offspring through insemination; to inseminate.
fertilize meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Vietnamese
fertilize in Tamil
- செழிப்பாக்கு, வளமாக்கு
fertilize in Malayalam
- ഗർഭം ധരിപ്പിക്കുക, പുഷ്ടിപ്പെടുത്തുക, ഫലഭൂയിഷ്ഠമാക്കുക
fertilize in Kannada
- ಗೊಬ್ಬರ ಹಾಕು, ಬಸಿರಾಗು
fertilize in Vietnamese
- to make fertile by adding nutrients
- bón
Examples of fertilize in a sentence
- Fasting tills the heart, destones it, and fertilizes it for better faith production.
- Neoliberal penality and its earlier iterations have fertilized the carceral sphere.
- In our case, Godzillaish creatures mated with cavemen in testubes and fertilized alien mommas.
Forms of fertilize
| third-person singular present | fertilizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | fertilizing |
| past participle | fertilized |
| past | fertilized |
| alternative form | fertilise |
Origin of fertilize
From French fertiliser; equivalent to fertile + -ize.
Words formed from fertilize
Questions about fertilize
- What does fertilize mean?
- Fertilize means to make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.
- What is fertilize in Tamil?
- Fertilize in Tamil is செழிப்பாக்கு, வளமாக்கு. See Fertilize meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is fertilize?
- Fertilize is a verb.
- How do you pronounce fertilize?
- Fertilize is pronounced /ˈfɜː(ɹ)tɪlaɪz/.
- What is the past tense of fertilize?
- The past tense of fertilize is fertilized.
Words near fertilize in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: fertilize (page history and authors); fertilize (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fertilize (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fertilize (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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