to fertilize
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- verb
- /ˈfɜːrtəˌlaɪz/
- Specialized
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fertilizar
- We are fertilizing the Earth on a global scale through intensive agriculture, fossil fuel combustion, and widespread cultivation of leguminous crops.
One more thing, you want to fertilize about once a month, OK?
- One more thing, you want to fertilize about once a month, OK?
- And then the third thing is that you can fertilize both fruit and vegetable.
- That is what literally fertilizes the soil.
- And the seeds of, you know, what is right and what is wrong and what should the world look like Are are being kind of like fertilized at the moment.
- Because like what was happening is so humans have a lot of heavy metals, then their waste product goes to fertilize food.
- And yeah, it's, it's a really exciting moment to kind of be in the exploration of that because there's a wave of energy that can fertilize a new reality.
- And instead what they found is they can learn in each of the schools and then cross fertilize.
- And most of us, myself included, we exert a lot of energy to quash it rather than trying to find the courage to fertilize it a little bit.
- I still do fertilize, which is normal fertilizer, which I can show you in a minute.
- Also speak for yourself, isn't herbivore herbivore poo is way better for fertilizing than no one wants whatever omnivore poo.
Examples
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Farmers often fertilize their fields to ensure a good crop yield.
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That is what literally fertilizes the soil.
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One more thing, you want to fertilize about once a month, OK?
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And then the third thing is that you can fertilize both fruit and vegetable.
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You got to do all that, seed it, fertilize it in order for a crop to grow.
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Some solutions are relatively simple, whereas others will require wholesale transformations in the way we grow, fertilize, process, and transport food.
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So we have, I would say a range of conditions from well, very well fertilized to very nutrient stressed.
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They fertilized our lands, controlled the winds and tides.
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To increase productivity, many gardeners regularly fertilize their plants during the growing season.
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Before planting, it's important to fertilize the soil to improve its nutrients.
Synonyms
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Add compost or other nutrients to soil to make it better for growing plants
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To add plant food to help a plant grow
Add plant food to the soil so crops grow better
To add nutrients to soil so plants grow better
To make a living thing able to have babies or produce fruit
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Etymology
Fertilize comes from the Latin fertilis, meaning 'fruitful', so the basic idea is 'make something able to grow'. That's why we can fertilize land or even ideas to help them grow and produce more.