cultivate

cul·ti·vate

 (kŭl′tə-vāt′)

tr.v. cul·ti·vat·ed, cul·ti·vat·ing, cul·ti·vates

1.

a. To improve and prepare (land), as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; till.

b. To loosen or dig soil around (growing plants).

2. To grow or tend (a plant or crop).

3. To promote the growth of (a biological culture).

4. To encourage or foster: cultivate a respect for the law. See Synonyms at nurture.

5. To acquire, develop, or refine, as by education: cultivating a posh accent.

6. To seek the acquaintance or goodwill of; make friends with: cultivated the club's new members.

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[Medieval Latin cultīvāre, cultīvāt-, from cultīvus, tilled, from Latin cultus, past participle of colere, to till; see k^wel- in Indo-European roots.]

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cul′ti·vat′a·ble adj.

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cultivate

(ˈkʌltɪˌveɪt)

vb (tr)

1. (Agriculture) to till and prepare (land or soil) for the growth of crops

2. (Agriculture) to plant, tend, harvest, or improve (plants) by labour and skill

3. (Agriculture) to break up (land or soil) with a cultivator or hoe

4. to improve or foster (the mind, body, etc) as by study, education, or labour

5. to give special attention to: to cultivate a friendship; to cultivate a hobby.

6. to give or bring culture to (a person, society, etc); civilize

7. (Biology) biology to grow cells, bacteria, etc in a culture

[C17: from Medieval Latin cultivāre to till, from Old French cultiver, from Medieval Latin cultīvus cultivable, from Latin cultus cultivated, from colere to till, toil over]

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cul•ti•vate

(ˈkʌl təˌveɪt)

v.t. -vat•ed, -vat•ing.

1. to prepare and work on (land) in order to raise crops; till.

2. to use a cultivator on.

3. to promote or improve the growth of (a plant or crop) by labor and attention.

4. to produce by culture: to cultivate a strain of bacteria.

5. to develop or improve by education or training: to cultivate a talent.

6. to promote the growth or development of (an art, science, etc.).

7. to devote oneself to (an art, science, etc.).

8. to seek to promote or foster (friendship, love, etc.).

9. to seek the acquaintance or friendship of (a person).

[1610–20; < Medieval Latin cultīvātus, past participle of cultīvāre to till, derivative of cultīvus cultivable (Latin cult(us), past participle of colere to care for, till + -īvus -ive)]

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cultivate

Past participle: cultivated
Gerund: cultivating

Imperative

cultivate

cultivate

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Thesaurus

Verb	1.	cultivate - foster the growth of farming, husbandry, agriculture - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock farm, produce, raise, grow - cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here"
	2.	cultivate - prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land" crop, work farming, husbandry, agriculture - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock gear up, prepare, ready, set, fix, set up - make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill" knead, work - make uniform; "knead dough"; "work the clay until it is soft" overcrop, overcultivate - to exhaust by excessive cultivation; "the farmers overcropped the land"
	3.	cultivate - teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry" civilise, civilize, school, educate, train fine-tune, refine, polish, down - improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing" sophisticate - make less natural or innocent; "Their manners had sophisticated the young girls"
	4.	cultivate - adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" domesticate, tame, naturalise, naturalize plant life, flora, plant - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion adapt, accommodate - make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"

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cultivate

verb

1. farm, work, plant, tend, till, harvest, plough, bring under cultivation She cultivated a small garden of her own.

2. develop, establish, acquire, foster, devote yourself to, pursue Try to cultivate a positive mental attitude.

3. court, associate with, seek out, run after, consort with, butter up, dance attendance upon, seek someone's company or friendship, take trouble or pains with He only cultivates people who may be of use to him.

4. foster, further, forward, encourage She went out of her way to cultivate his friendship.

5. improve, better, train, discipline, polish, refine, elevate, enrich, civilize My father encouraged me to cultivate my mind.

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cultivate

verb

1. To prepare (soil) for the planting and raising of crops:

culture, dress, tend, till, work.

2. To bring into existence and foster the development of:

breed, grow, propagate, raise.

3. To promote and sustain the development of:

foster, nourish, nurse, nurture.

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Translations

يَزرَع، يُرَبّييَفْلَح، يَحْرُث الأرض

obdělávat půdupěstovat

dyrkekultivereudvikle

anbauenbebauenbestellenkultivierenpflegen

καλλιεργώ

cultivar

herättääviljellä

cultiverforcer

brjóta land til ræktunarrækta

coltivarecoltivatorecoltivazionecurareeducare

apdirbimasauginimasdirbamasdirbimasdirbti

audzētkultivēt

telenverbouwen

kultivere

gojitiobdelovati

tarlayı sürüp ekmeküretmekyetiştirmek

栽培耕作

cultivate

[ˈkʌltɪveɪt] VT

1. [+ crop, land, friendships] → cultivar

2. (fig) [+ habit] → cultivar

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cultivate

[ˈkʌltɪveɪt] vt

[+ ground, fields] → cultiver; [+ plants, crops] → cultiver

(= develop) [+ one's image] → cultiver; [+ one's reputation] → entretenir, cultiver; [+ friendship, relationship] → cultiver; [+ person] → cultiver; [+ habit, sense of humour, talent] → cultiver

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cultivate

vt

(lit) → kultivieren; soil → bebauen, kultivieren; crop, fruit etc → anbauen; beard → wachsen lassen

(fig) friendship, links etc → pflegen, kultivieren; art, skill, taste → entwickeln; sb → sich (dat) → warmhalten (inf), → die Beziehung zu … pflegen; a connection like that is definitely worth cultivating → es lohnt sich bestimmt, so eine Verbindung aufrechtzuerhalten; to cultivate one’s mind → sich bilden

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cultivate

[ˈkʌltɪˌveɪt] vt (also) (fig) → coltivare

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cultivate

(ˈkaltiveit) verb

1. to prepare (land) for crops. bewerk, ontwikkel, verbou, omwerk يَفْلَح، يَحْرُث الأرض обработвам cultivar obdělávat půdu bebauen kultivere; udvikle καλλιεργώcultivar maad harima کشت کردن؛ آماده کردن زمین برای کاشت viljellä cultiver לְעַבֵּד सम्बन्ध बढा़ना obrađivati művel mengolah brjóta land til ræktunar coltivare 耕作する 경작하다 (į)dirbti, kultivuoti kultivēt menggemburkan bebouwendyrke, kultivereuprawiać د کرنی لپاره د ځمکی آماده کول cultivar a cultiva возделывать obrábať obdelovati obrađivati bruka, bearbeta เตรียมดินสำหรับเพาะปลูก tarlayı sürüp ekmek 耕作 обробляти; культивувати كاشت كرنا، زمين كو فصل اگان‍ے ک‍ے ل‍ۓ تيار كرنا cày cấy 耕作

2. to grow (a crop in a garden, field etc). He cultivates mushrooms in the cellar. kweek يَزرَع، يُرَبّي отглеждам cultivar pěstovat züchten dyrke; kultivere καλλιεργώcultivar viljelema پرورش دادن kasvattaa cultiver לְגָדֵל खेती करना uzgajati termeszt menanam rækta coltivare 栽培する 재배하다 auginti, puoselėti audzēt membiakkan telendyrkeuprawiać روزل cultivar a cultiva выращивать pestovať gojiti gajiti odla เพาะปลูก yetiştirmek, üretmek 栽培 розводити فصل اگانا، فصل پيدا كرنا trồng trọt 栽培

ˈcultivated adjective

1. (of fields etc) prepared for crops; used for growing crops. cultivated land. ontwikkel مَحْروث обработваем cultivado obdělaný bebaut kultiveret; udviklet καλλιεργημένοςcultivado (üles) haritud کشت شده viljelty cultivéמעובד फसल उगाने के लिए खेत इत्यादि तैयार करना obrađen megművelt diolah ræktaður coltivato 耕作された 경작된 įdirbtas, dirbamas apstrādāts; kultivēts tanah yang sudah digembur bebouwddyrket, kultivert uprawiony, uprawny کرل شوی cultivado cultivat обработанный obrobený obdelan obrađen [upp]odlad ซึ่งเตรียมเพื่อเพาะปลูก ekili, ekilmiş 已耕好的 оброблений فصل اگان‍ے ک‍ے ل‍ۓ تيار زمين có thể trồng trọt 耕过的

2. grown in a garden etc; not wild. a cultivated variety of raspberries. gekweekte variëteit مَزروع култивиран de cultura vypěstovaný gezüchtet forædlet; dyrket; fremelsket καλλιεργούμενος cultivado kultiveeritud کاشتنی؛ گلخانه ای kasvatettu de culture מְתוּרבַּת कृष्य uzgojen kultúr- (növény) dibudidayakan ræktaður coltivato 栽培された 재배된 kultūrinis kultivēts; kultūr- (augs) ditanam gekweektkultur-, dyrket ogrodowy د کرلو وړ، ګلخانه یی de cultura de cultură культурный pestovaný gojen uzgojen [upp]odlad ซึ่งปลูกในสวน yetiştirilmiş, üretilmiş 栽培的 розведений باغ مي‍ں اگایا هوا có trồng trọt 栽培的

3. having good manners; educated. a cultivated young lady; He has cultivated tastes in music. beskaaf, verfyn, welopgevoed مُهَذّب، مُثَقَّف образован refinado kultivovaný kultiviert kultiveret; dannet που έχει καλούς τρόπους, καλλιεργημένοςculto, refinado, distinguido (üles) haritud تحصیل کرده؛ با فرهنگ hyvätapainen distingué מְתוּרבַּת सुसंस्कृत profinjen kiművelt terpelajar fágaður colto 教養のある 교양있는 kultūringas, išsilavinęs, išlavintas izsmalcināts diolah beschaafddannet, kondisjonert, kultivertkulturalny با تحصیل، با فرهنګ refinado cultivat, educat культурный; развитой kultivovaný omikan kultivisan kultiverad, bildad ซึ่งมีความรู้และมารยาทดี kültürlü, tahsilli 有教養的 культурний; розвинений شائست‍ہ، مهذب trau dồi 有教养的

ˌcultiˈvation noun

bewerking, bebouing, aanplanting فِلاحَه، زِراعَه обработване cultura kultivace; obdělávání; pěstování die Bearbeitung udvikling; opelskelse καλλιέργειαcultivo viljelus, kultuur کشت و کار kasvatus culture עִבּוּד कृषि profinjenost (meg)művelés penanaman ræktun; siðmenntun, fágun coltivazione; cultura 耕作 경작, 재배 (ap)dirbimas, auginimas, kultivavimas kultivēšana; kultivācija; attīstīšana pengemaian bebouwing, teelt, beschavingdyrking, kultivering, kultur kultywacja کښت اوکار cultura cultură культивация;культивирование kultivácia omikanost obrađivanje brukning, bearbetning, odling การเตรียมดินสำหรับเพาะปลูก tarım 耕作，栽培 оброблювання; культивація كاشتكارى sự canh tác 耕作，栽培

ˈcultivator noun

a tool or machine for breaking up ground and removing weeds. kweker, landbouer, verbouer آلة حِراثَه тех. култиватор cultivador kultivátor der Kultivator kultivator καλλιεργητική μηχανή cultivador kultivaator ماشین شخم زنی hara motoculteur מְקַלטֵר कृषक kultivator talajmegmunkáló gép mesin penyiang jarðvinnsluvél/-tætari, plógherfi coltivatore 耕うん機 경운기 kultivatorius kultivators penyemai cultivatorharv kultywator د قلبی ماشین cultivador cultivator культиватор kultivátor kultivator kultivator kultivator ส้อมพรวนดิน saban veya pulluk 耕耘機 культиватор كاشتكار، كسان، بيج بون‍ے والى مشين máy xới 耕耘机，中耕机

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cultivate

vt. cultivar; estudiar.

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