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fertilise

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: fertilise

1
 v
make fertile or productive
2
 v
introduce semen into (a female)
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: fertilise
1

v make fertile or productive

Synonyms:
fecundate, fertilize
Type of:
alter, change, modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

v provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to

Synonyms:
feed, fertilize
Types:
nitrify
treat (soil) with nitrates
dung
fertilize or dress with dung
topdress
scatter manure or fertilizer over (land)
Type of:
enrich
make better or improve in quality
2

v introduce semen into (a female)

Synonyms:
fecundate, fertilize, inseminate
Types:
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stratify
render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand
bang up, impregnate, knock up, prang up
make pregnant
impregnate
fertilize and cause to grow
cross-fertilise, cross-fertilize
cause to undergo cross-fertilization
cross-pollinate, pollenate, pollinate
fertilize by transfering pollen
inoculate
impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune
Type of:
alter, change, modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
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