English-Thai Dictionary

fertilize

VT ผสมพันธุ์  ผสมเทียม  pa-som-pan

 

fertilize

VT ใส่ปุ๋ย  ทำให้ ดิน อุดม  feed nourish starve sai-pui

 

fertilizer

N ปุ๋ย  ปุ๋ยหมัก  ปุ๋ยธรรมชาติ  ปุ๋ยคอก  ปุ๋ยอินทรีย์  pui

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FERTILIZE

v.t.To enrich; to supply with the pabulum of plants; to make fruitful or productive; as, to fertilize land, soil, ground and meadows. [Fertilitate is not used. ]

 

FERTILIZED

pp. Enriched; rendered fruitful.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FERTILIZE

Fer "ti *lize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fertilized; p. pr. & vb. n.Fertilizing. ] Etym: [Cf. F. fertiliser. ]

 

1. To make fertile or enrich; to supply with nourishment for plants; to make fruitful or productive; as, to fertilize land, soil, ground, and meadows. And fertilize the field that each pretends to gain. Byron.

 

2. To fecundate; as, to fertilize flower. A. R. Wallace.

 

FERTILIZER

FERTILIZER Fer "ti *lizer, n.

 

1. One who fertilizes; the agent that carries the fertilizing principle, as a moth to an orchid. A. R. Wallace.

 

2. That which renders fertile; a general name for commercial manures, as guano, phosphate of lime, etc.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

fertilize

fer ti lize |ˈfərtlˌīz ˈfərdlˌaɪz | ▶verb [ with obj. ] cause (an egg, female animal, or plant ) to develop a new individual by introducing male reproductive material. • make (soil or land ) more fertile or productive by adding suitable substances to it. DERIVATIVES fer ti liz a ble adjective

 

fertilizer

fer ti liz er |ˈfərtlˌīzər ˈfərdlˌaɪzər | ▶noun a chemical or natural substance added to soil or land to increase its fertility: a nitrogenous fertilizer | these varieties need pesticides and more fertilizer.

 

Oxford Dictionary

fertilize

fertilize |ˈfəːtɪlʌɪz |(also fertilise ) ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 cause (an egg, female animal, or plant ) to develop a new individual by introducing male reproductive material. 2 make (soil or land ) more fertile or productive by adding suitable substances to it. DERIVATIVES fertilizable adjective

 

fertilizer

fertilizer |ˈfəːtɪlʌɪzə |(also fertiliser ) ▶noun a chemical or natural substance added to soil or land to increase its fertility.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

fertilize

fertilize verb 1 the field was fertilized: feed, mulch, compost, green manure, manure, dress, top-dress, add fertilizer to. 2 these orchids are fertilized by insects: pollinate, cross-pollinate, cross-fertilize, fecundate.

 

fertilizer

fertilizer noun we use only organic fertilizer: manure, plant food, compost, dressing, top dressing, dung.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

fertilize

fertilize verb 1 the field is ploughed up and fertilized: add fertilizer to, enrich with fertilizer, feed, mulch, compost, manure, dung, dress, top-dress; make more fertile; rare fecundate, fructify. 2 the eggs were fertilized during the breeding season: impregnate, inseminate; rare fecundate. 3 these orchids are fertilized by insects: pollinate, cross-pollinate, cross-fertilize, make fruitful; rare fecundate, fructify.

 

fertilizer

fertilizer noun farmers rely on fertilizer to expand output: plant food, dressing.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

fertilize

fer ti lize /fə́ː r t (ə )làɪz /動詞 他動詞 1 〈動植物 〉を受精 [胎 ]させる, …を妊娠させる .2 〈土地 〉を (肥料を与え )肥沃 （ひよく ）にする .3 〈心 精神など 〉を豊かにする .

 

fertilizer

f é r ti l ì z er 名詞 1 U C 肥料, 化学肥料 ▸ organic fertilizer 有機肥料 2 C 受精媒介者 [物 ].