A natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants. / A chemical compound created to have the same effect.

plural of fertilizer

Of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops; productive. / (figuratively) Of one's imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific. / Capable of reproducing; fecund, fruitful.

(uncountable) The condition, or the degree, of being fertile. / (countable) The birthrate of a population; the number of live births per 1000 people per year.

simple past tense and past participle of fertilize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fertilize

To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it. / (figuratively) To make more creative or intellectually productive. / To cause to produce offspring through insemination; to inseminate.

present participle of fertilize

The act or process of rendering fertile.

plural of fertilization