Definition of fertile Fertile

/fɚˈtʌl/ - [fertul] - fer•tile

We found 17 definitions of fertile from 6 different sources.

What does fertile mean?

WordNet

Adjective
fertile - capable of reproducing
		infertile, unfertile, sterile deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention; "a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing"
		conceptive, impregnable capable of conceiving
		fruitful productive or conducive to producing in abundance; "be fruitful and multiply"
		potent, stiff, strong having a strong physiological or chemical effect; "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink"
		productive producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly); "productive farmland"; "his productive years"; "a productive collaboration"
		fecundity, fertility the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination
		conceptive, impregnable capable of conceiving
		fecund capable of producing offspring or vegetation
		fertilizable capable of being fertilized
fertile - marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil"
		fat, productive, rich
		fruitful productive or conducive to producing in abundance; "be fruitful and multiply"
fertile - bearing in abundance especially offspring; "flying foxes are extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree"
		prolific
		fruitful productive or conducive to producing in abundance; "be fruitful and multiply"
fertile - intellectually productive; "a prolific writer"; "a fecund imagination"
		fecund, prolific
		productive producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly); "productive farmland"; "his productive years"; "a productive collaboration"

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Wiktionary

fertile (Adjective)
capable of growing abundant crops; productive.
fertile (Adjective)
Capable of reproducing; fecund, fruitful.
fertile (Adjective)
Capable of developing past the egg stage.
fertile (Adjective)
productive or prolific.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

fertile (a.)
Producing fruit or vegetation in abundance; fruitful; able to produce abundantly; prolific; fecund; productive; rich; inventive; as, fertile land or fields; a fertile mind or imagination.
fertile (a.)
Capable of producing fruit; fruit-bearing; as, fertile flowers.
fertile (a.)
Containing pollen; -- said of anthers.
fertile (a.)
produced in abundance; plenteous; ample.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

fertile
Capable of reproducing.
fertile
Capable of growing abundant crops.
fertile
Producing abundantly.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

fertile
fėr′til, adj. able to bear or produce abundantly: rich in resources: inventive: fertilising.—adv. Fer′tilely.—n. Fertilisā′tion, the act or process of fertilising.—v.t. Fer′tilise, to make fertile or fruitful: to enrich.—ns. Fer′tiliser, one who, or that which, fertilises; Fertil′ity, fruitfulness: richness: abundance. [Fr.,—L. fertilis—ferre, to bear.]