Usually means: Applying nutrients to aid growth.
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▸ verb:  Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of fertilize. [To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.]

Similar:
fertilize, fertilised, fertilisation, unfertilised, fecundate, irrigate, pollinate, fertiliser, recolonise, colonise, more...

Opposite:
sterilize, unfertilize, render infertile

Phrases:
cross fertilise, more...

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Similar:
fertilize, fertilised, fertilisation, unfertilised, fecundate, irrigate, pollinate, fertiliser, recolonise, colonise, more...

Opposite:
sterilize, unfertilize, render infertile

Phrases:
cross fertilise, more...



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