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cultivate

/ cultivate /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
prepare for crops
"Work the soil"
"cultivate the land"
Type of:
fix prepare set up
Kinds of:
overcrop overcultivate
Derived:
crop harvest cultivation cultivator tiller
Verb group:
knead work
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
farming agriculture husbandry
verb Sense 2
foster the growth of
Kinds of:
grow raise farm produce
Derived:
cultivation agriculturist cultivator grower raiser
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
farming agriculture husbandry
verb Sense 3
adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
"domesticate oats"
"tame the soil"
Type of:
adapt accommodate
Derived:
naturalization naturalisation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
plant flora plant life
verb Sense 4
train to be discriminative in taste or judgment
"Cultivate your musical taste"
"Train your tastebuds"
"She is well schooled in poetry"
Type of:
polish refine fine-tune
Kinds of:
sophisticate
Derived:
refinement civilization civilisation polish culture
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
49%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
34
Times Searched
2
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fix prepare set up overcrop overcultivate grow raise farm produce adapt accommodate polish