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cross fertilize
Overview of verb cross-fertilize
The verb cross-fertilize has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise -- (undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile)
2. cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise -- (cause to undergo cross-fertilization; "Mendel cross-fertilized different kinds of beans")
Antonyms of verb cross-fertilize
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cross-fertilize
2 senses of cross-fertilize
Sense 1
cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise
=> change state, turn
=> change
Sense 2
cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise
=> inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb cross-fertilize
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cross-fertilize
2 senses of cross-fertilize
Sense 1
cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise
=> change state, turn
Sense 2
cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise
=> inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
'Cause To' of verb cross-fertilize
1 of 2 senses of cross-fertilize
Sense 2
cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise
=> cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise
Derived Forms of verb cross-fertilize
2 senses of cross-fertilize
Sense 1
cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise
RELATED TO>(noun) cross-fertilization#1
=> cross-fertilization, cross-fertilisation
Sense 2
cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise
RELATED TO>(noun) cross-fertilization#1
=> cross-fertilization, cross-fertilisation
Domain of verb cross-fertilize
Domain Terms of verb cross-fertilize
Familiarity of verb cross-fertilize
cross-fertilize used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb cross-fertilize
2 senses of cross-fertilize
Sense 1
cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise
*> Something ----s
Sense 2
cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb cross-fertilize
2 senses of cross-fertilize
Sense 1
cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise
> change state, turn
=> wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken
=> zonk out, pass out, black out
=> come to, revive, resuscitate
=> tense, tense up
=> relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down
=> reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down
=> gain, put on
=> dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel
=> cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise
=> conceive
=> secularize, secularise
=> citrate
=> equilibrate
=> fall
=> become, go, get
=> worsen, decline
=> better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate
=> disengage
=> overgrow
=> concentrate
=> break
=> acidify, acetify
=> alkalize, alkalise, alkalify, basify
=> ionize, ionise
=> ossify
=> catalyze, catalyse
=> get worse, relapse
=> fluctuate
=> explode, burst forth, break loose
=> die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
=> be born
=> cloud over
=> carbonize, carbonise
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, hot up, heat up
=> carbonize, carbonise, carburize, carburise
=> freeze
=> boil
=> burn, combust
=> emaciate
=> Frenchify
=> thin
=> thicken, inspissate
=> solvate
=> react
=> dissolve, fade out, fade away
=> empty, discharge
=> fill, fill up
=> homogenize, homogenise
=> homogenize, homogenise
=> curdle, clabber, clot
=> clot, coagulate
=> sour, turn, ferment, work
=> integrate
=> precipitate
=> calcify
=> coke
=> carnify
=> chondrify
=> emulsify
=> denitrify
=> esterify
=> etherify
=> thrombose
=> open, open up
=> close, shut
=> sorb, take up
=> calm, calm down, cool off, chill out, simmer down, settle down, cool it
=> thrive, prosper, fly high, flourish
=> emancipate, liberate
=> get into, tangle with
=> liquefy
=> erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate
Sense 2
cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise
> inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
=> stratify
=> impregnate, knock up, bang up, prang up
=> impregnate
=> cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise
=> pollinate, pollenate, cross-pollinate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb cross-fertilize
Sense 1
cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise
=> change state, turn
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Sense 2
cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise
=> inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
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Grep of verb cross-fertilize
cross-fertilize
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