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- pronunciation:
- fuhr
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laIz
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer
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verb |
| inflections: |
fertilizes, fertilizing, fertilized |
| definition 1: |
to make able to produce babies, seeds, fruit, or eggs.
The male fish fertilizes the eggs of the female fish. |
| definition 2: |
to make more able to support plants and crops.
Farmers fertilize their fields. |
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| derivation: |
fertilizable (adj.) |
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