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cul·ti·vat·ed
(kŭl′tə-vā′tĭd)adj.
1. Of, relating to, or produced in cultivation: a cultivated plant.
2. Educated; polished; refined.
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cultivated
(ˈkʌltɪˌveɪtɪd)adj
1. cultured, refined, or educated
2. (Agriculture) ((of land or soil))
a. subjected to tillage or cultivation
b. tilled and broken up
3. (Agriculture) (of plants) specially bred or improved by cultivation
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cul•ti•vat•ed
(ˈkʌl təˌveɪ tɪd)adj.
1. prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
2. produced or improved by cultivation, as a plant.
3. educated; refined; cultured: cultivated tastes.
[1655–65]
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Adj. | 1. | cultivated - (of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing; "cultivated land" uncultivated - (of land or fields) not prepared for raising crops; "uncultivated land" |
2. | cultivated - no longer in the natural state; developed by human care and for human use; "cultivated roses"; "cultivated blackberries" | |
3. | cultivated - marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society" refined - (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste" |
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cultivated
adjective refined, cultured, advanced, polished, educated, sophisticated, accomplished, discriminating, enlightened, discerning, civilized, genteel, well-educated, urbane, erudite, well-bred His mother was an elegant, cultivated woman.
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cultivated
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Translations
مَحْروثمَزروعمُهَذّب، مُثَقَّف
kultivovanýobdělanývypěstovaný
dannetdyrketforædletfremelsketkultiveret
kimûveltkultúr-megművelt
fágaîurræktaîur
obrobenýpestovaný
ekiliekilmişkültürlütahsilliüretilmiş
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
cultivated
[ˈkʌltɪveɪtɪd] adj (= refined) [person, manners] → cultivé(e)
(not wild) [plants] → de culture
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
cultivated
adj (Agr, fig) → kultiviert
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cultivated
[ˈkʌltɪˌveɪtɪd] adj (land) → coltivato/a; (refined, person, manner) → raffinato/a; (cultured) → colto/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
cultivate
(ˈkaltiveit) verb1. to prepare (land) for crops.
2. to grow (a crop in a garden, field etc). He cultivates mushrooms in the cellar.
ˈcultivated adjective1. (of fields etc) prepared for crops; used for growing crops. cultivated land.
2. grown in a garden etc; not wild. a cultivated variety of raspberries.
3. having good manners; educated. a cultivated young lady; He has cultivated tastes in music.
ˌcultiˈvation nounˈcultivator noun
a tool or machine for breaking up ground and removing weeds.
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