Definition of FERTILIZE

fertilize

Meanings

Verb

  • provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
    • "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"
  • make fertile or productive
    • "The course fertilized her imagination"
  • introduce semen into (a female)
  • To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.
  • To make more creative or intellectually productive.
  • To cause to produce offspring through insemination; to inseminate.

Origin / Etymology

From French fertiliser; equivalent to fertile + -ize.

Scrabble Score: 21

fertilize is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
fertilize is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fertilize is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 22

fertilize is a valid Words With Friends word