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to inseminate

to inseminate

1 8.2
Put seeds in the ground so they grow
  • verb
  • /ɪnˈsɛmɪˌneɪt/
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  • Using a tool, gardeners can inseminate their garden beds with a variety of seeds.

Examples

  • So now what we're going to do is we're going to actually kind of artificially inseminate these cucumbers here.

  • Farmers often inseminate their fields with grass seeds in early spring.

  • To increase crop yields, they typically inseminate various plants at the same time.

Synonyms

to plant
vsto inseminate
361 1.0

To put seeds or young plants into the soil so they grow

limits action to placing seeds rather than other living green material
to sow
vsto inseminate
45 1.8

To plant seeds in the ground so they grow

has the same meaning of placing seeds for growth
to seed
vsto inseminate
4 1.3

To put seeds in the ground to grow plants

restricts meaning to placing seeds in or on soil for growing
to broadcast
vsto inseminate
  • Specialized
3 4.5

To scatter seeds widely over the ground

refers generally to placing seeds, not necessarily by wide scattering
to sow in
vsto inseminate
1 3.4

To put seeds in the ground so they can grow

is the general act of placing seeds to make plants grow
to sow seed
vsto inseminate
1 2.2

To plant seeds in the ground so they can grow

uses the same action of placing seeds for later growth

Antonyms

84 1.6

To gather ripe crops from the fields

How Thorough

to plant
361 1.0
to inseminate
1 8.2
to seed
4 1.3
to broadcast
  • Specialized
3 4.5

Surface Forms

inseminate infinitive
inseminated past participle
inseminating present participle
inseminates third person singular

Morphology

inseminate = insemin (semi-transparent) = in + semin + ate

While 'insemin' is recognizable, the specific agricultural meaning may not be immediately clear to all learners.

Etymology

Inseminate comes from in- 'into' and semen 'seed', and it was once used in a plain gardening way to mean 'putting seed into' the ground. So to inseminate can also mean to sow or plant seeds.