| fertilizable | | |
| adj. | 1. fertilizable | capable of being fertilized. |
| ~ fertile | capable of reproducing. |
| fertilize | | |
| v. (change) | 1. feed, fertilise, fertilize | 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). |
| v. (change) | 2. fecundate, fertilise, fertilize | 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" |
| v. (body) | 3. fecundate, fertilise, fertilize, inseminate | 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" |
| transfuse | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. instill, transfuse | impart gradually.; "Her presence instilled faith into the children"; "transfuse love of music into the students" |
| ~ contribute, lend, impart, add, bestow, bring | bestow a quality on.; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program" |
| ~ breathe | impart as if by breathing.; "He breathed new life into the old house" |
| v. (motion) | 2. transfuse | pour out of one vessel into another. |
| ~ pour | cause to run.; "pour water over the floor" |
| v. (body) | 3. cup, transfuse | treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin. |
| ~ practice of medicine, medicine | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries.; "he studied medicine at Harvard" |
| ~ care for, treat | provide treatment for.; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics" |
| v. (body) | 4. transfuse | give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to. |
| ~ practice of medicine, medicine | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries.; "he studied medicine at Harvard" |
| ~ dispense, administer | give or apply (medications). |
| fertiliser | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. fertiliser, fertilizer, plant food | any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile. |
| ~ chemical, chemical substance | material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules. |
| ~ organic, organic fertiliser, organic fertilizer | a fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter. |
| ~ soda niter, sodium nitrate | (NaNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive. |
| ~ niter, nitre, potassium nitrate, saltpeter, saltpetre | (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive. |
| ~ ammonium nitrate | used as an explosive and fertilizer and rocket propellant. |
| fertilizer | | |
| plant food | | |
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