FERTILIZING

Definition: FERTILIZING

FERTILIZING

Personal pronoun & verb & noun

1. Of Fertilize

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "FERTILIZING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Food & Agriculture	The addition of elements or other materials to the soil to increase or maintain plant yields. Fertilizers may be organic or inorganic. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: FERTILIZING

Synonyms: Farming, Gardening. (additional references)

Synonym by domain: manuring (food & agriculture).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Same haircuts. Full of hormones, just like you. Invincible, just like you feel. The world is their oyster. They believe they're destined for great things, just like many of you, their eyes are full of hope, just like you. Did they wait until it was too late to make from their lives even one iota of what they were capable? Because, you see gentlemen, these boys are now fertilizing daffodils. (Dead Poets Society; writing credit: Tom Schulman)
Movie/TV Titles	Fertilizing Codfish Eggs (1901)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	Fertilizing, Cultivating and Planting Equipment in Canada: A Strategic Entry Report, 1997 (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Best Management Practices for Florida Golf Courses: Greens Construction, Water, Fertilizing, Cultural Practices & Pest Management (reference) Fertilizing for Maximum Yield (reference) Fertilizing Seed: Wagner's Concept of the Poetic Intent (reference) Fertilizing Wood Plants/2958 (reference) Fertilizing, Cultivating and Planting Equipment in Canada: A Strategic Entry Report, 1997 (Strategic Planning Series) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Fertilizing pasture in southern Iowa.Credit: Unknown.		Fertilizing a celery field, Sanford, Florida.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Worker Rights	Philippines	Mindanao plantations growing bananas for export frequently used children as day laborers in trimming and fertilizing plants and in clearing irrigation ditches. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	MANNA, n. A food miraculously given to the Israelites in the wilderness. When it was no longer supplied to them they settled down and tilled the soil, fertilizing it, as a rule, with the bodies of the original occupants.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"FERTILIZING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 85.71% of the time. "FERTILIZING" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)	85.71%	12	101,599
Adjective (general or positive)	14.29%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	14	N/A

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "FERTILIZING": cross-fertilizing.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "FERTILIZING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		fekondues, plehërues. (various references)

Arabic		‏تلقيح (fecundation, fertilization, impregnation, inoculation, pollination, vaccination), ‏تسميد (fertilization, manuring), ‏تخصيب (fattening, fertilization, impregnation, insemination). (various references)

Chinese		施肥 (fertilise, fertilised, fertilize, fertilized). (various references)

Danish		fordeling af goedning (distribution of fertilisers, fertilizer broadcasting, fertilizer distribution, fertilizer placement, fertilizer spreading, sowing of fertilizer), fordeling af gødning (distribution of fertilisers, fertilizer broadcasting, fertilizer distribution, fertilizer placement, fertilizer spreading, sowing of fertilizer), spredning af gødning (distribution of fertilisers, fertilizer broadcasting, fertilizer distribution, fertilizer placement, fertilizer spreading, sowing of fertilizer), goedskning med kunstgoedskning (dressing, fertilization, fertilizer application), gødskning (fertilization, manuring), gødning (dressing, fertiliser, fertilization, fertilizer, fertilizer application, manure), distribution af goedning (distribution of fertilisers, fertilizer broadcasting, fertilizer distribution, fertilizer placement, fertilizer spreading, sowing of fertilizer). (various references)

Dutch		verspreiden van mest (distribution of fertilisers, fertilizer broadcasting, fertilizer distribution, fertilizer placement, fertilizer spreading, sowing of fertilizer), verdelen van meststoffen (distribution of fertilisers, fertilizer broadcasting, fertilizer distribution, fertilizer placement, fertilizer spreading, sowing of fertilizer), toepassing van kunstmest (distribution of fertilisers, fertilizer broadcasting, fertilizer distribution, fertilizer placement, fertilizer spreading, sowing of fertilizer), toediening van kunstmest (dressing, fertilization, fertilizer application), strooien van kunstmest (distribution of fertilisers, fertilizer broadcasting, fertilizer distribution, fertilizer placement, fertilizer spreading, sowing of fertilizer), bemesting (dressing, fertilization, fertilizer application, manuring), bemesten (fertilize, manuring, to dress, to fertilize). (various references)

Finnish		sijoituslannoitus (distribution of fertilisers, fertilizer broadcasting, fertilizer distribution, fertilizer placement, fertilizer spreading, sowing of fertilizer), lannoitus (dressing, fertilization, fertilizer application, manuring). (various references)

French		fertilisation (fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization, fertilizer application). (various references)

German		Verteilung von Dünger (distribution of fertilisers, fertilizer broadcasting, fertilizer distribution, fertilizer placement, fertilizer spreading, sowing of fertilizer), Verteilen von Dünger (distribution of fertilisers, fertilizer broadcasting, fertilizer distribution, fertilizer placement, fertilizer spreading, sowing of fertilizer), Kunstdüngerstreuung (distribution of fertilisers, fertilizer broadcasting, fertilizer distribution, fertilizer placement, fertilizer spreading, sowing of fertilizer), künstliche Düngung (dressing, fertilization, fertilizer application), Düngung (dressing, fertilisation, fertilization, fertilizer application, groundswell, manuring), Düngerverteilung (distribution of fertilisers, fertilizer broadcasting, fertilizer distribution, fertilizer placement, fertilizer spreading, sowing of fertilizer), Düngerausbreiten (distribution of fertilisers, fertilizer broadcasting, fertilizer distribution, fertilizer placement, fertilizer spreading, sowing of fertilizer), Düngen (fertilize, manure, manuring, to dress, to fertilize), befruchtend (fecundating, fructifying, impregnating, inseminating). (various references)

Greek		ενίσχυση με κοπριά (manuring), ενίσχυση με λίπασμα (manuring), λίπανση (lubrication, manuring). (various references)

Hebrew		זבול (manuring). (various references)

Hungarian		megtermékenyítõ. (various references)

Indonesian		pemupukan (cultivating, fertilization). (various references)

Italian		fertilizzazione (breeding, dressing, fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization, fertilizer application, manuring), fertilizzante (fertiliser, fertilizer), spargimento di fertilizzanti (distribution of fertilisers, fertilizer broadcasting, fertilizer distribution, fertilizer placement, fertilizer spreading, sowing of fertilizer), spargimento di concimi (distribution of fertilisers, fertilizer broadcasting, fertilizer distribution, fertilizer placement, fertilizer spreading, sowing of fertilizer), somministrazione di letame (manuring), distribuzione di concimi (distribution of fertilisers, fertilizer broadcasting, fertilizer distribution, fertilizer placement, fertilizer spreading, sowing of fertilizer), concimazione artificiale (dressing, fertilization, fertilizer application), concimazione (dressing, fertilization, fertilizer application, manuring). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		元肥え (first fertilizing). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		もと�"え (first fertilizing). (various references)

Korean		기름지게 함. (various references)

Pig Latin		ertilizingfay

Portuguese		fertilização (dressing, fertilization, fertilizer application), distribuidor de fertilizantes, distribuição dos adubos (distribution of fertilisers, fertilizer broadcasting, fertilizer distribution, fertilizer placement, fertilizer spreading, sowing of fertilizer), distribuição de adubos (distribution of fertilisers, fertilizer broadcasting, fertilizer distribution, fertilizer placement, fertilizer spreading, sowing of fertilizer), adubação (distribution of fertilisers, dressing, fertilization, fertilizer application, fertilizer broadcasting, fertilizer distribution, fertilizer placement, fertilizer spreading, manuring, sowing of fertilizer). (various references)

Russian		удобряющий, оплодотворяющий. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		koji može da oplodi. (various references)

Spanish		fertilización (dressing, fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization, fertilizer application, spawning), estercolado (manuring), distribución del abono (distribution of fertilisers, fertilizer broadcasting, fertilizer distribution, fertilizer placement, fertilizer spreading, sowing of fertilizer), distribución de abonos (distribution of fertilisers, fertilizer broadcasting, fertilizer distribution, fertilizer placement, fertilizer spreading, sowing of fertilizer), abonamiento (dressing, fertilization, fertilizer application), abonadura (manuring), abonado (consumer, customer, distribution of fertilisers, dressing, fertilization, fertilizer application, fertilizer broadcasting, fertilizer distribution, fertilizer placement, fertilizer spreading, improved, manuring, reliable, sowing of fertilizer, subscriber, subscription, taken, trustworthy). (various references)

Swedish		gödsling (dressing, fertilization, fertilizer application, manuring). (various references)

Turkish		gübreleme (fertilization, manuring). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words ending with "FERTILIZING": overfertilizing. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "FERTILIZING" (pronounced fer"tulī'zing)
7	-t u l ī' z i ng	brutalizing, capitalizing, crystallizing, recapitalizing, revitalizing, tantalizing, utilizing.
6	-u l ī' z i ng	analyzing, cannibalizing, centralizing, commercializing, criminalizing, decentralizing, demoralizing, denationalizing, destabilizing, editorializing, equalizing, federalizing, finalizing, formalizing, generalizing, hydrolyzing, idolizing, immobilizing, industrializing, legalizing, liberalizing, marginalizing, materializing, mobilizing, monopolizing, moralizing, nationalizing, neutralizing, normalizing, paralyzing, penalizing, personalizing, rationalizing, socializing, specializing, stabilizing, sterilizing, symbolizing, tranquilizing, trivializing, vandalizing, verbalizing, visualizing.
5	-l ī' z i ng	realizing.
4	-ī' z i ng	advertising, aggrandizing, amortizing, antagonizing, apologizing, appetizing, authorizing, categorizing, characterizing, colorizing, compromising, computerizing, criticizing, customizing, deemphasizing, dehumanizing, demilitarizing, democratizing, demonizing, desensitizing, digitizing, downsizing, dramatizing, economizing, emphasizing, energizing, enterprising, exercising, fantasizing, fraternizing, galvanizing, harmonizing, humanizing, immunizing, improvising, ionizing, ironizing, itemizing, jeopardizing, legitimizing, maximizing, memorizing, merchandising, mesmerizing, minimizing, modernizing, organizing, oxidizing, patronizing, polarizing, politicizing, popularizing, prioritizing, privatizing, proselytizing, publicizing, reauthorizing, recognizing, reorganizing, revolutionizing, romanticizing, sanitizing, satirizing, scrutinizing, securitizing, standardizing, stigmatizing, subsidizing, summarizing, supervising, sympathizing, synthesizing, televising, temporizing, terrorizing, theorizing, unappetizing, unionizing, womanizing.
3	-z i ng	abusing, accusing, advising, agonizing, amazing, amusing, appeasing, appraising, arising, arousing, blazing, boozing, bowsing, browsing, bruising, bulldozing, buzzing, carousing, causing, chastising, choosing, cleansing, closing, composing, comprising, confusing, cruising, decomposing, decriminalizing, defusing, devising, diffusing, disclosing, disguising, disposing, dozing, easing, enclosing, espousing, excusing, exposing, foreclosing, franchising, freezing, fusing, gazing, glamorizing, glazing, grazing, hazing, hosing, housing, immortalizing, imposing, infusing, institutionalizing, losing, misusing, musing, nosing, oozing, opposing, overgrazing, overusing, paraphrasing, pausing, perusing, phasing, phrasing, pleasing, posing, praising, predisposing, proposing, quizzing, raising, razing, recusing, refusing, reimposing, reusing, revising, rising, Rosing, schmoozing, seizing, sensationalizing, sizing, sneezing, snoozing, squeezing, strategizing, supposing, surprising, teasing, uncompromising, unsurprising, uprising, using, victimizing, warehousing, wheezing, whizzing.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-f-g-i-i-i-l-n-r-t-z"
	-2 letters: filtering.
	-3 letters: fileting, flintier, flirting, glitzier, refiling, retiling, tinglier, trifling.
	-4 letters: felting, firelit, flinger, fliting, frizing, igniter, lifting, lignite, lingier, lintier, niftier, nitrile, rifling, rifting, ringlet, tiering, tingler, tirling, zingier.
	-5 letters: engirt, feting, filing, filter, finger, finite, firing, fringe, gentil, girlie, ignite, inlier, lifter, linger, linier, linter, nitril, regilt, riling, tieing, tiling, tingle, tinier.
	Words containing the letters "e-f-g-i-i-i-l-n-r-t-z"
	+4 letters: overfertilizing.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 45 52 54 49 4C 49 5A 49 4E 47

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01000101 01010010 01010100 01001001 01001100 01001001 01011010 01001001 01001110 01000111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#69 &#82 &#84 &#73 &#76 &#73 &#90 &#73 &#78 &#71

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0045 0052 0054 0049 004C 0049 005A 0049 004E 0047

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
fertilizing lawn	34	bermuda fertilizing grass	3
fertilizing	10	clematis fertilizing	3
tree fertilizing	10	fertilizing new sod	3
fertilizing tomato	10	fertilizing rosemary	3
fertilizing rose	7	fertilizing yard	3
fertilizing grass	7	fertilizing flower	2
fertilizing lawn new	7	fertilizing hydrangeas	2
fertilizing vegetable	6	fertilizing strawberry	2
fertilizing lawn over	6	fertilizing plant tomato	2
fertilizing plant	5	fertilizing grass new	2
corn fertilizing	4	fertilizing lawn schedule	2
fertilizing fruit tree	4	corn fertilizing sweet	2
care fertilizing lawn	4	fertilizing hydrangea	2
fertilizing over	4	fertilizing lilac	2
fertilizing garden	4	as as cutting fertilizing lawn lawn new planting shrub tree well	2
fertilizing garden vegetable	4	azalea fertilizing	2
fertilizing pecan tree	4	fertilizing grape	2
fertilizing sod	3	fertilizing japanese maple	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

FERTILIZING

Definition: FERTILIZING

FERTILIZING

Personal pronoun & verb & noun

Specialty Definitions: FERTILIZING

Food & Agriculture

Synonyms: FERTILIZING

Crosswords: FERTILIZING

Modern Usage: FERTILIZING

Screenplays

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: FERTILIZING

References

Books

Photo Album: FERTILIZING

Non-Fiction Usage: FERTILIZING

Worker Rights

Philippines

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Usage Frequency: FERTILIZING

Expression: FERTILIZING

Frequency of Internet Keywords: FERTILIZING

fertilizing lawn

bermuda fertilizing grass

fertilizing

clematis fertilizing

tree fertilizing

fertilizing new sod

fertilizing tomato

fertilizing rosemary

fertilizing rose

fertilizing yard

fertilizing grass

fertilizing flower

fertilizing lawn new

fertilizing hydrangeas

fertilizing vegetable

fertilizing strawberry

fertilizing lawn over

fertilizing plant tomato

fertilizing plant

fertilizing grass new

corn fertilizing

fertilizing lawn schedule

fertilizing fruit tree

corn fertilizing sweet

care fertilizing lawn

fertilizing hydrangea

fertilizing over

fertilizing lilac

fertilizing garden

as as cutting fertilizing lawn lawn new planting shrub tree well

fertilizing garden vegetable

azalea fertilizing

fertilizing pecan tree

fertilizing grape

fertilizing sod

fertilizing japanese maple

Modern Translations: FERTILIZING

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