The meaning of Fertilizing

noun

Decayed organic material used as a fertilizer for growing plants.

Usage examples:

Cover with a layer of fine compost

verb

Make (vegetable matter or manure) into compost.

Usage examples:

Don't compost heavily infested plants

noun

Decaying material of plants, unwanted food, etc., added to dirt to improve the growth of new plants

verb

Put on one's clothes.

Usage examples:

Graham showered and dressed quickly

noun

A one-piece garment worn by women and girls that covers the body and extends down over the legs.

Usage examples:

A white cotton dress

verb

Put on clothes

noun

The excrement of animals; manure.

Usage examples:

The scent of dung from the nearby manure pile also makes it difficult to breathe.

verb

Drop or spread dung on (a piece of ground).

Usage examples:

But avoid dunging ground that you plan to use for carrots and parsnips

noun

Solid excrement from animals, esp. cattle and horses; manure

verb

Fertilize.

Usage examples:

There were no insects to fecundate flowering plants

verb

Give food to.

Usage examples:

Did you remember to feed the cat?

noun

An act of giving food, especially to animals or a baby, or of having food given to one.

Usage examples:

The baby's morning feed

verb

Make a payment to (someone) in return for services.

verb

Make (something) fruitful or productive.

Usage examples:

They were sacrificed in order that their blood might fructify the crops

verb

To produce a good or useful result

Usage examples:

I let the idea sit in the back of my mind to fructify., they believed their sacrifice would fructif…

verb

Soak or saturate (something) with a substance.

Usage examples:

Wood which had been impregnated with preservative

verb

To make a woman or female animal pregnant

Usage examples:

This cloth is impregnated with a cleaning solution.

verb

Introduce semen into (a woman or a female animal) by natural or artificial means.

Usage examples:

The mares are inseminated when they are at their most receptive

verb

To put a male’s sperm into a female and make her pregnant

noun

Animal dung used for fertilizing land.

Usage examples:

Plenty of fully rotted horse manure can be dug in this fall

verb

Apply manure to (land).

Usage examples:

The ground should be well dug and manured

noun

Excrement from animals, esp. horses and cattle, often used as a fertilizer (= material added to earth to help plants grow)

noun

Material (such as decaying leaves, bark, or compost) spread around or over a plant to enrich or insulate the soil.

Usage examples:

Cover with shredded bark mulch, straw, hay or evergreen boughs to protect them over the winter.

verb

Treat or cover with mulch.

Usage examples:

The perennials have been cut back and mulched

noun

A covering, esp. of decaying leaves, grass, or plant material, used to keep water in the earth near plants or to protect them from weeds (= unwanted plants)

verb

Convey pollen to or deposit pollen on (a stigma, ovule, flower, or plant) and so allow fertilization.

Usage examples:

There are not enough bees to pollinate their crops

verb

To carry pollen from a male part of a flower to the female part of another flower of the same type