WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fertilise v 1: make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her imagination" [syn: fertilize, fecundate, fertilise] 2: provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants" [syn: fertilize, fertilise, feed] 3: introduce semen into (a female) [syn: inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise]