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Synonyms of fertilize in English:

fertilize


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See Spanish definition of fecundar

verb

1‘the field is ploughed up and fertilized’

SYNONYMS
add fertilizer to, enrich with fertilizer, feed, mulch, compost, manure, dung, dress, top-dress
make more fertile
rare fecundate, fructify

2‘the eggs were fertilized during the breeding season’

SYNONYMS
impregnate, inseminate
rare fecundate

3‘these orchids are fertilized by insects’

SYNONYMS
pollinate, cross-pollinate, cross-fertilize, make fruitful
rare fecundate, fructify