fertile

  • 31fertile — [ˈfɜːtaɪl] adj 1) fertile land is able to produce good crops or plants 2) a fertile person, animal, or plant is able to produce babies, young animals, or new plants Ant: infertile 3) a fertile mind or situation is able to produce good ideas or… …

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  • 32fertile — /ˈfɜtaɪl / (say fertuyl), Originally US / təl/ (say tuhl) adjective 1. bearing or capable of bearing vegetation, crops, etc., abundantly, as land or soil: a region fertile in wheat. 2. bearing offspring freely; prolific. 3. abundantly productive… …

  • 33fertile — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look ▪ become ▪ prove ▪ women who proved particularly fertile ▪ remain …

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  • 34fertile — adjective 1) the soil is fertile Syn: productive, fruitful, fecund, rich, lush 2) a fertile imagination Syn: creative, inventive, innovative, visionary, original, ingenious …

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  • 35fertile — fer•tile [[t]ˈfɜr tl[/t]] esp. brit. [[t] taɪl[/t]] adj. 1) agr. bearing, producing, or capable of producing vegetation, crops, etc., abundantly: fertile soil[/ex] 2) dvl bearing or capable of bearing offspring 3) abundantly productive; fecund: a …

    From formal English to slang

  • 36fertile — adj. 1 a (of soil) producing abundant vegetation or crops. b fruitful. 2 a (of a seed, egg, etc.) capable of becoming a new individual. b (of animals and plants) able to conceive young or produce fruit. 3 (of the mind) inventive. 4 (of nuclear… …

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  • 37fertile — 1. Fruitful; capable of conceiving and bearing young. SYN: fecund. 2. Impregnated; fertilized. [L. fertilis, fr. fero, to bear] * * * fer·tile fərt əl, chiefly Brit fər .tīl adj 1) capable of growing or developing <fertile egg> 2)… …

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  • 38fertile — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. prolific, productive, fruitful, rich; creative, inventive. See production, imagination. Ant., infertile, barren. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [ Said of land ] Syn. fruitful, rich, productive, fat,… …

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  • 39fertile — [15] Etymologically, something that is fertile can ‘bear’ offspring. The word comes via French from Latin fertilis. This was a derivative of *fertus, the original past participle of ferre ‘bear’ (a distant relative of English bear). => BEAR …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 40fertile — vaisingas statusas T sritis augalininkystė apibrėžtis Galintis lytiškai daugintis, vedantis vaisius, duodantis sėklas. atitikmenys: angl. fertile rus. фертильный ryšiai: sinonimas – fertilus …

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