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cultivator

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cul·ti·va·tor  (klt-vtr)
n.
1. One who cultivates: an inveterate cultivator of beautiful gardens; a cultivator of valuable corporate contacts.
2. An implement or machine for loosening the soil and destroying weeds around growing plants.

cultivator [ˈkʌltɪˌveɪtə]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a farm implement equipped with shovels, blades, etc., used to break up soil and remove weeds
2. a person or thing that cultivates
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a person who grows, tends, or improves plants or crops
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cultivator - someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soilcultivator - someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
farmer, granger, husbandman, sodbuster - a person who operates a farm
fruit grower - someone who grows fruit commercially
viticulturist - a cultivator of grape vine
2.cultivator - a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture)
farm machine - a machine used in farming
harrow - a cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil
Translations
cultivator [ˈkʌltɪveitəʳ] N
1. (= person) → cultivador(a) m/f
2. (= machine) → cultivadora f
cultivator [ˈkʌltɪveɪtər] n
(= tool) → cultivateur m
(= machine) → motoculteur m
(= person) → cultivateur/trice m/f
cultivator
n
(= machine)Kultivator m, → Grubber m
(= person) a cultivator of the soil/of new friendshipsjemand, der den Boden bebaut/neue Freundschaften pflegt
cultivator [ˈkʌltɪˌveɪtəʳ] n
a. (machine) → coltivatore m
b. (person) → coltivatore/trice


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There is no room even for a mouse,' shrilled the wife of a well- to-do cultivator - a Hindu Jat from the rich Jullundur, district.
He always bore down on the handles of the cultivator and drove the blades so deep into the earth that the horses were soon exhausted.
, the importance of the crossing both of distinct species and of varieties is immense; for the cultivator here quite disregards the extreme variability both of hybrids and mongrels, and the frequent sterility of hybrids; but the cases of plants not propagated by seed are of little importance to us, for their endurance is only temporary.
 
 
 
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