1. to add fertilizer or nutrients to soil to help plants grow
2. to make an egg capable of developing into a new organism by joining with sperm
Usage: biology
3. to make something productive or fruitful
Usage: figurative

Examples

• The farmer will fertilize the fields before planting corn.
• We need to fertilize our garden with compost this spring.
• The sperm fertilizes the egg during reproduction.
• Scientists studied how pollen fertilizes the flower.
• Reading diverse books can fertilize the imagination.
• The discussion fertilized new ideas among the team members.