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Cultivate

Cultivate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Cultivate? [v] adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" [v] prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land" [v] foster the growth of [v] train to be discriminative; as of taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Cultivate: civilise \| civilize \| crop \| domesticate \| educate \| naturalise \| naturalize \| school \| tame \| train \| work Related Terms \| Find terms related to Cultivate: advance \| ameliorate \| apprentice \| approach \| backset \| beautify \| better \| break \| break in \| break the ice \| breed \| bring up \| brown-nose \| butter up \| care for \| carve \| cherish \| chisel \| coddle \| condition \| convert \| cosset \| court \| courteous \| cradle \| crop \| cultivated \| culture \| cultured \| cut \| delve \| develop \| dig \| discipline \| distingue \| dress \| drill \| dry-nurse \| educate \| elaborate \| embellish \| encourage \| evolve \| excite \| exercise \| extract \| fallow \| farm \| feed \| fertilize \| fetch up \| finish \| fit \| fondle \| force \| form \| foster \| further \| groom \| grow \| harrow \| harvest \| hoe \| housebreak \| house-train \| improve \| instruct \| labor \| lavish care on \| lick into shape \| list \| machine \| make advances \| make sensitive \| make up to \| manage \| mature \| mill \| mine \| mother \| mulch \| nourish \| nurse \| nurture \| pamper \| pay addresses to \| pay court to \| perfect \| play up to \| plow \| polish \| polished \| polite \| practice \| prepare \| process \| produce \| promote \| propagate \| prune \| pump \| put in tune \| put to school \| quicken \| raise \| rake \| ready \| rear \| refine \| refined \| rehearse \| ripen \| run after \| season \| send to school \| sensibilize \| sensitize \| sharpen \| shine up to \| smelt \| spade \| spoon-feed \| stimulate \| stir \| suck up to \| suckle \| sustain \| take in hand \| teach \| tend \| thin \| thin out \| till \| till the soil \| train \| urbane \| weed \| weed out \| well-bred \| wet-nurse \| whet \| woo \| work \| work on See Also \| accommodate \| adapt \| down \| farm \| fine-tune \| gear up \| grow \| overcrop \| overcultivate \| polish \| prepare \| produce \| raise \| ready \| refine \| set \| set up \| sophisticate Cultivate In Webster's Dictionary \Cul"ti*vate\ (k?l"t?-v?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cultivated} (-v?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cultivating} (-v?`-t?ng).] [LL. cultivatus, p. p. of cultivare to cultivate, fr. cultivus cultivated, fr. L. cultus, p. p. of colere to till, cultivate. Cf. {Colony}.] 1. To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil. 2. To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish. Leisure . . . to cultivate general literature. --Wordsworth. 3. To seek the society of; to court intimacy with. I ever looked on Lord Keppel as one of the greatest and best men of his age; and I loved and cultivated him accordingly. --Burke. 4. To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to; to civilize; to refine. To cultivate the wild, licentious savage. --Addison. The mind of man hath need to be prepared for piety and virtue; it must be cultivated to the end. --Tillotson. 5. To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing; as, to cultivate corn or grass.

Cultivate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cultivate?

[v] adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
[v] prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"
[v] foster the growth of
[v] train to be discriminative; as of taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"

Cultivate In Webster's Dictionary

\Cul"ti*vate\ (k?l"t?-v?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Cultivated} (-v?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cultivating}
(-v?`-t?ng).] [LL. cultivatus, p. p. of cultivare to
cultivate, fr. cultivus cultivated, fr. L. cultus, p. p. of
colere to till, cultivate. Cf. {Colony}.]
1. To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to
   valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate
   soil.

2. To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought
   to; to foster; to cherish.

         Leisure . . . to cultivate general literature.
                                               --Wordsworth.

3. To seek the society of; to court intimacy with.

         I ever looked on Lord Keppel as one of the greatest
         and best men of his age; and I loved and cultivated
         him accordingly.                      --Burke.

4. To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to;
   to civilize; to refine.

         To cultivate the wild, licentious savage. --Addison.

         The mind of man hath need to be prepared for piety
         and virtue; it must be cultivated to the end.
                                               --Tillotson.

5. To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing;
   as, to cultivate corn or grass.

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