🌾fertilize

verb
/ˈfɜːr.tɪ.laɪz/

Meaning

to make soil or land more fertile by adding substances

Example Sentences

Farmers fertilize the fields to increase crop yield.

Synonyms

enrich, nourish, feed, manure

Antonyms

deplete, impoverish

Collocations

fertilize crops, fertilize soil, fertilize plants

More Example Sentences

Why was the fertilizer crisis so acute in the USA a few years ago?

Was any step taken to convey the fertilizer to the American farmers at the right time?

A woman plants flowers in her small balcony on a bright spring morning choosing roses, daisies, and sunflowers that she bought from the weekend market and places them in colorful ceramic pots filled with fresh soil and fertilizer

A woman plants flowers in her small balcony on a bright spring morning choosing roses, daisies, and sunflowers that she bought from the weekend market and places them in colorful ceramic pots filled with fresh soil and fertilizer then waters each one carefully with a small can

A woman plants flowers in her small balcony on a bright spring morning choosing roses, daisies, and sunflowers that she bought from the weekend market and places them in colorful ceramic pots filled with fresh soil and fertilizer then waters each one carefully with a small can and watches them bloom over the following weeks

A woman plants flowers in her small balcony on a bright spring morning choosing roses, daisies, and sunflowers that she bought from the weekend market and places them in colorful ceramic pots filled with fresh soil and fertilizer then waters each one carefully with a small can and watches them bloom over the following weeks transforming her balcony into a beautiful little garden.

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to chain or restrain; to restrict someone’s actions or freedom
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