fertilization

English Thesaurus

1. making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure (noun.event)

hypernym	:	enrichment,
definition	:	act of making fuller or more meaningful or rewarding (noun.act)

hyponym	:	top dressing,
definition	:	a layer of fertilizer or manure not plowed in (noun.event)

2. creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant (noun.event)

hypernym	:	conception, creation,
definition	:	the event that occurred at the beginning of something (noun.event)

hyponym	:	pollenation, pollination,
definition	:	transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant (noun.event)

hyponym	:	cross-fertilisation, cross-fertilization,
definition	:	fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species (noun.event)

hyponym	:	self-fertilisation, self-fertilization,
definition	:	fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from the same individual (noun.event)

hyponym	:	superfecundation,
definition	:	fertilization of two or more ova released during the same menstrual cycle by sperm from separate acts of coitus (especially by different males) (noun.event)

hyponym	:	superfetation,
definition	:	fertilization of a second ovum after a pregnancy has begun; results in two fetuses of different ages in the uterus at the same time (noun.event)

3. making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure (noun.event)

derivation	:	feed, fertilise, fertilize,
definition	:	provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to (verb.change)

derivation	:	fecundate, fertilise, fertilize,
definition	:	make fertile or productive (verb.change)

4. creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant (noun.event)

derivation	:	fecundate, fertilise, fertilize, inseminate,
definition	:	introduce semen into (a female) (verb.body)

derivation	:	bang up, impregnate, knock up, prang up,
definition	:	make pregnant (verb.body)

derivation	:	impregnate,
definition	:	fertilize and cause to grow (verb.body)

5. making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure (noun.event)

derivation	:	feed, fertilise, fertilize,
definition	:	provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to (verb.change)

derivation	:	fecundate, fertilise, fertilize,
definition	:	make fertile or productive (verb.change)

6. creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant (noun.event)

derivation	:	fecundate, fertilise, fertilize, inseminate,
definition	:	introduce semen into (a female) (verb.body)

derivation	:	bang up, impregnate, knock up, prang up,
definition	:	make pregnant (verb.body)

derivation	:	impregnate,
definition	:	fertilize and cause to grow (verb.body)