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- Dictionaryfertile/ˈfəːtʌɪl/
adjective
- 1. (of soil or land) producing or capable of producing abundant vegetation or crops: "the fertile coastal plain" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of a person, animal, or plant) able to conceive young or produce seed. Similar Opposite
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FERTILE definition: 1. Fertile land can produce a large number of good quality crops. 2. Fertile animals or plants are…. Learn more.
1. a. : producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive. fertile fields of corn and oats. b. : characterized by great resourcefulness of thought or imagination : inventive. a fertile mind. c. obsolete : plentiful. 2. a (1) : capable of sustaining abundant plant growth. fertile soil. (2)
A situation or environment that is fertile in relation to a particular activity or feeling encourages the activity or feeling. ...a fertile breeding ground for disharmony of one kind or another. 4. adjective. A person or animal that is fertile is able to reproduce and have babies or young.
The word fertile means "able to reproduce," but like so many words, that's just the beginning. The fact that she gave birth to eight kids was proof that she was fertile; her fertile imagination explained their unusual names.
Definition of fertile adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. Biology. a. Capable of initiating, sustaining, or supporting reproduction. b. Capable of growing and developing; able to mature: a fertile egg. 2. Botany Bearing functional reproductive structures such as seeds or fruit or material such as spores or pollen. 3. Bearing or producing crops or vegetation abundantly; fruitful. 4.
FERTILE meaning: 1 : producing many plants or crops able to support the growth of many plants; 2 : producing a large amount of something.
FERTILE definition: 1. Fertile land or soil produces a lot of healthy plants. 2. If people or animals are fertile, they…. Learn more.
The earliest known use of the adjective fertile is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for fertile is from around 1460, in the writing of John Fortescue, justice and political theorist.
Fertile definition: bearing, producing, or capable of producing vegetation, crops, etc., abundantly; prolific. See examples of FERTILE used in a sentence.
