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# fertile

adjective (fertile; more fertile, most fertile)

«fertile» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Fertile land or soil is good for growing plants and crops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertile/#m1)
2. A fertile animal or person can have babies; a fertile seed or egg can grow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertile/#m2)
3. A fertile imagination or mind has lots of new ideas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertile/#m3)

### In the lessons

In geography and science lessons fertile soil near rivers and volcanoes helps farming. In science fertile eggs can hatch. Phrases: «fertile soil», «fertile land», «a fertile imagination», «the Fertile Crescent».

### Examples

- The river leaves fertile soil on the fields. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertile/#x1)
- Farmers grow lots of wheat on fertile land. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertile/#x2)
- Volcanic soil is very fertile. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertile/#x3)
- Only fertile eggs can hatch into chicks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertile/#x4)
- She has a fertile imagination and writes great stories. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertile/#x5)
- Deserts are not fertile because of little water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertile/#x6)
- They soon came to a magnificent marble palace, which was situated in a charming and fertile valley. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertile/#x7)

### Note

UK said FUR-tile, US FUR-tl. Opposite: infertile, barren. Noun: fertility; verb: fertilise (UK) / fertilize (US); fertiliser feeds soil.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fertile» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertile/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fertile» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fertile.html) on Mova free.