fertilise


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fertilise


Past participle: fertilised
Gerund: fertilising

Imperative
fertilise
fertilise
Present
I fertilise
you fertilise
he/she/it fertilises
we fertilise
you fertilise
they fertilise
Preterite
I fertilised
you fertilised
he/she/it fertilised
we fertilised
you fertilised
they fertilised
Present Continuous
I am fertilising
you are fertilising
he/she/it is fertilising
we are fertilising
you are fertilising
they are fertilising
Present Perfect
I have fertilised
you have fertilised
he/she/it has fertilised
we have fertilised
you have fertilised
they have fertilised
Past Continuous
I was fertilising
you were fertilising
he/she/it was fertilising
we were fertilising
you were fertilising
they were fertilising
Past Perfect
I had fertilised
you had fertilised
he/she/it had fertilised
we had fertilised
you had fertilised
they had fertilised
Future
I will fertilise
you will fertilise
he/she/it will fertilise
we will fertilise
you will fertilise
they will fertilise
Future Perfect
I will have fertilised
you will have fertilised
he/she/it will have fertilised
we will have fertilised
you will have fertilised
they will have fertilised
Future Continuous
I will be fertilising
you will be fertilising
he/she/it will be fertilising
we will be fertilising
you will be fertilising
they will be fertilising
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been fertilising
you have been fertilising
he/she/it has been fertilising
we have been fertilising
you have been fertilising
they have been fertilising
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been fertilising
you will have been fertilising
he/she/it will have been fertilising
we will have been fertilising
you will have been fertilising
they will have been fertilising
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been fertilising
you had been fertilising
he/she/it had been fertilising
we had been fertilising
you had been fertilising
they had been fertilising
Conditional
I would fertilise
you would fertilise
he/she/it would fertilise
we would fertilise
you would fertilise
they would fertilise
Past Conditional
I would have fertilised
you would have fertilised
he/she/it would have fertilised
we would have fertilised
you would have fertilised
they would have fertilised
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.fertilise - make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her imagination"
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
2.fertilise - provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"
farming, husbandry, agriculture - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
enrich - make better or improve in quality; "The experience enriched her understanding"; "enriched foods"
nitrify - treat (soil) with nitrates
dung - fertilize or dress with dung; "you must dung the land"
topdress - scatter manure or fertilizer over (land)
3.fertilise - introduce semen into (a female)fertilise - introduce semen into (a female)  
stratify - render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand; "stratify seeds"
knock up, prang up, bang up, impregnate - make pregnant; "He impregnated his wife again"
impregnate - fertilize and cause to grow; "the egg was impregnated"
cross-fertilise, cross-fertilize - cause to undergo cross-fertilization; "Mendel cross-fertilized different kinds of beans"
cross-pollinate, pollenate, pollinate - fertilize by transfering pollen
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
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Translations
يُسَمِّد الأرْض
bera áburî á; frjóvga

fertile

(ˈfəːtail) adjective
1. producing a lot. fertile fields; a fertile mind/imagination.
2. able to produce fruit, children, young animals etc. fertile seed.
ferˈtility (-ˈti-) noun
the state or condition of being fertile.
fertilize, fertilise (-ti-) verb
to make fertile. He fertilized his fields with manure; An egg must be fertilized before it can develop.
ˌfertiliˈzation, ˌfertiliˈsation noun
ˈfertilizer, ˈfertiliser (-ti-) noun
a substance (manure, chemicals etc) used to make land (more) fertile.
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References in classic literature ?
Many of our orchidaceous plants absolutely require the visits of moths to remove their pollen-masses and thus to fertilise them.
A good layer (8-10cm) of bark chippings is usually just as effective as weed fabric, makes it easier to fertilise and will improve soil quality, not degrade it.
He said that a reason behind reduced wheat output which has threatened the food security in country is the unjustified hike in the prices of fertilise leaving many farmers unable to buy the vital input.