fertilize
verb🔊/ˈfɜːtəlaɪz/
🔊/ˈfɜːrtəlaɪz/
(British English also fertilise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they fertilize | 🔊/ˈfɜːtəlaɪz/ 🔊/ˈfɜːrtəlaɪz/ |
| he / she / it fertilizes | 🔊/ˈfɜːtəlaɪzɪz/ 🔊/ˈfɜːrtəlaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple fertilized | 🔊/ˈfɜːtəlaɪzd/ 🔊/ˈfɜːrtəlaɪzd/ |
| past participle fertilized | 🔊/ˈfɜːtəlaɪzd/ 🔊/ˈfɜːrtəlaɪzd/ |
| -ing form fertilizing | 🔊/ˈfɜːtəlaɪzɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈfɜːrtəlaɪzɪŋ/ |
- fertilize something
to put pollen into a plant so that a seed develops; to join sperm with an egg so that a baby or young animal develops 使受粉；使受精；使受胎；使受孕 - fertilize something
to add a substance to soil to make plants grow more successfully 施肥于