cultivate

Verb

Meaning

To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.

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

To seek the society of; to court intimacy with.

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

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

train educate harrow work school foster develop tend improve grow advance promote raise encourage crop
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Antonyms

lower prevent retard reduce damage stop
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Hypernyms

polish down set ready prepare accommodate

Hyponyms

produce grow raise farm sophisticate overcrop

Phrases with the word

cultivate vegetables try to cultivate to cultivate cultivate your skills intended to cultivate cultivate knowledge

Derivatives

cultivated cultivating

Examples

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Train your tastebuds Source: Internet

She is well schooled in poetry Source: Internet

Work the soil Source: Internet

cultivate the land Source: Internet

domesticate oats Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

cultivatability cultivatable cultivatable land cultivate vegetables cultivate your skills cultivated