fertilize-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: provide with fertilizer or add nutrients to

Commentary: Syntax Includes:

Examples:
We should fertilize the soil if we want to grow healthy plants.
The farmer used a mechanical spreader to fertilize the field.
The best time to fertilize is in the spring or fall.

Mappings:
VerbNet: other_cos-45.4
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM

Sense Number 2: make fertile or productive

Examples:
The course fertilized her imagination.
Compost fertilizes the soil.
I hoped some of the love would fertilize the work.

Mappings:
VerbNet: other_cos-45.4
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM

Sense Number 3: introduce semen into (a female)

Examples:
Do you fertilize stem cells with them?
The male fertilizes the egg during mating.
Scientists fertilize eggs in pitre dishes for experiments.

Mappings:
VerbNet: other_cos-45.4
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: fertilize.01