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fertilizing

fertilizing is the present participle and gerund of fertilize.

Meaning of fertilize

Verb

fertilize (third-person singular simple present fertilizes, present participle fertilizing, simple past and past participle fertilized)

  1. To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.
  2. (figuratively) To make more creative or intellectually productive.
    • to fertilize one's imagination
  3. To cause to produce offspring through insemination; to inseminate.

Questions about fertilizing

What is fertilizing the present participle and gerund of?
Fertilizing is the present participle and gerund of fertilize.

Words near fertilizing in the dictionary

  1. fertilized
  2. fertilizer
  3. fertilizers
  4. fertilizes
  5. fertilizin
  6. fertilizing
  7. fertiloscope
  8. fertiloscopes
  9. fertiloscopic
  10. fertiloscopies
  11. fertiloscopy

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