fertile imagination — creative imagination … English contemporary dictionary
fertile — fertile, fecund, fruitful, prolific mean having or manifesting the power to produce fruit or offspring. The same distinctions in implications and connotations are observable in their corresponding nouns fertility, fecundity, fruitfulness,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
fertile — [[t]fɜ͟ː(r)taɪl, AM t(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Land or soil that is fertile is able to support the growth of a large number of strong healthy plants. ...fertile soil. ...the rolling fertile countryside of East Cork. Syn: rich Derived words:… … English dictionary
Imagination — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Imagination >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 imagination imagination Sgm: N 1 originality originality Sgm: N 1 invention invention Sgm: N 1 fancy fancy Sgm: N 1 inspiration inspiration Sgm: N 1 verve … English dictionary for students
fertile — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, from Latin fertilis, from ferre to carry, bear more at bear Date: 15th century 1. a. producing or bearing fruit in great quantities ; productive b. characterized by… … New Collegiate Dictionary
fertile — fer|tile [ˈfə:taıl US ˈfə:rtl] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: Latin ferre to carry, bear ] 1.) fertile land or soil is able to produce good crops ▪ 800 acres of fertile cropland 2.) able to produce babies, young animals, or new plants ≠… … Dictionary of contemporary English
fertile — adjective 1 fertile land or soil produces good crops: the fertile plains of western Canada 2 able to produce babies, young animals, or new plants: Most men remain fertile into old age. opposite infertile 3 fertile imagination/mind/brain often… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
fertile — adjective 1) the soil is fertile Syn: fecund, fruitful, productive, high yielding, rich, lush 2) fertile couples Syn: able to conceive, able to have children; technical fecund Ant … Thesaurus of popular words
fertile — 01. The land at the mouth of a river is usually very [fertile] because of all the minerals deposited there by the water. 02. The [fertile] countryside of this country is famous for its grapes, which are made into the finest wine. 03. Children… … Grammatical examples in English
fertile — fertilely, adv. fertileness, n. /ferr tl/ or, esp. Brit., / tuyl/, adj. 1. bearing, producing, or capable of producing vegetation, crops, etc., abundantly; prolific: fertile soil. 2. bearing or capable of bearing offspring. 3. abundantly… … Universalium
fertile — fer|tile [ fɜrtl ] adjective * 1. ) fertile land is able to produce good crops or plants a ) a fertile person, animal, or plant is able to produce babies, young animals, or new plants ─ opposite INFERTILE 2. ) a fertile mind or situation is able… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English