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FERTILE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of reproducing
Classified under:
Similar:
conceptive; impregnable (capable of conceiving)
fecund (capable of producing offspring or vegetation)
fertilizable (capable of being fertilized)
rank (very fertile; producing profuse growth)
Also:
fruitful (productive or conducive to producing in abundance)
potent; stiff; strong (having a strong physiological or chemical effect)
productive (producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly))
Attribute:
fecundity; fertility (the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring)
Antonym:
sterile (incapable of reproducing)
Derivation:
fertility (the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Marked by great fruitfulness
Example:
rich soil
Synonyms:
fat; fertile; productive; rich
Classified under:
Similar:
fruitful (productive or conducive to producing in abundance)
Derivation:
fertility (the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Bearing in abundance especially offspring
Example:
a prolific pear tree
Synonyms:
fertile; prolific
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
fruitful (productive or conducive to producing in abundance)
Derivation:
fertility (the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Intellectually productive
Example:
a fecund imagination
Synonyms:
fecund; fertile; prolific
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
productive (producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly))
Context examples:
The high and snowy mountains were its immediate boundaries, but I saw no more ruined castles and fertile fields.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
I am convinced that Mr. Micawber, giving his mind to a profession so adapted to his fertile resources, and his flow of language, must distinguish himself.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
This month, you have compatible Venus in Pisces, a fertile combination with your earth-sign element.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Taurus is an earth sign, and you are a water sign—water and earth is a fertile mixture and produces flowers.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
You are a water sign, and Capricorn is an earth sign—together the combination is a very fertile combination that brings new life.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Any water-sign Pisces planets in your chart will be in continual conversation with the planets currently in earth-sign Capricorn, namely Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto (water and earth are a fertile, harmonious, productive combination), which suggests that you will easily generate new ideas, and friends and new people you meet will spark you to go down new paths.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The full moon of March 9 might bring a fun little weekend trip with your partner to a mountainous area with a thick, verdant forest. (A full moon in earthy Virgo would bring you to a fertile area, but not likely one with water or snow.)
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
