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English verb: fertilize | |||
| 1. | fertilize (change) provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to | ||
| Samples | We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants. | ||
| Examples | They fertilize the trees | ||
| Synonyms | feed, fertilise | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | enrich | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dung, nitrify, topdress | ||
| Domain category | agriculture, farming, husbandry | ||
| 2. | fertilize (change) make fertile or productive | ||
| Samples | The course fertilized her imagination. | ||
| Synonyms | fecundate, fertilise | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| 3. | fertilize (body) introduce semen into (a female) | ||
| Synonyms | fecundate, fertilise, inseminate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bang up, cross-fertilise, cross-fertilize, cross-pollinate, impregnate, impregnate, knock up, pollenate, pollinate, prang up, stratify | ||
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