to fertilize

Examples

• All

• One male passes over and fertilizes thousands.

  Reign of Fire (2002)

• Tonight, the pair remaining would have their chance to fertilize D'jirar's eggs.

  Fiction book (2000)

• And they need so many of them to just fertilize this one queen.

  Grace Beverley

• I was supposed to fertilize that egg.

  Cuckoo (2024)

• Never enough to fertilize an egg on their own, but they are swimming.

• It's based where the last sperm to enter is the got the best chance of fertilizing the eggs.

• For only about 45% of eggs that are fertilized actually come to term.

  Academic text (1990)

• You shoot millions of sperm and only one egg gets fertilized, right?

  Small Apartments (2012)

• The male followed her through the nest, fertilizing the eggs, and then chased her from his territory.

  Academic text (1990)

• Farmers often use compost to fertilize their crops and ensure a good harvest.

Synonyms

I

to inseminate

vsto fertilize

• NSFW

17 8.3

Put sperm into a woman or female animal so she can become pregnant

is broader, meaning to cause eggs or plants to begin development via male cells

P

to pollinate

vsto fertilize

7 4.2

To move pollen from one flower to another so it can make seeds

applies more widely to eggs and plants, not only pollen transfer

C

to cross-pollinate

vsto fertilize

• Specialized

1 4.9

Move pollen from one flower to another so the plants can make seeds

is the general transfer of male cells to start development, not just between plants

C

to cross-fertilize

vsto fertilize

• Specialized

1 7.2

To mix pollen from two different plants to make new kinds

is the general act of starting development with a male cell, not always mixed sources

P

to pollenate

vsto fertilize

1 4.2

To move pollen from the male part of a flower to the female part so the plant makes seeds

is broader, covering eggs and plant development beyond pollen transfer

F

to fecundate

vsto fertilize

• Specialized

1 9.9

To make a living thing able to have babies or produce fruit

causes eggs or plants to start developing by joining with male cells

Antonyms

S

to sterilize

• Specialized

15 5.8

To make a person or animal unable to have children by a medical operation

Phrasal Verbs

F

to fertilize the plant

• US

1 2.3

To add plant food to help a plant grow

F

to fertilize the field

• US

1 3.3

Add plant food to the soil so crops grow better

How Effective

to fertilize

• Specialized

31 4.0

to pollenate

1 4.2

to brush

125 1.6

Surface Forms

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Etymology