Origin: Latin
suffix -ate
Cultivate has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Verb
1
foster the growth of
"She spent her weekends cultivating a small garden to grow fresh vegetables for dinner."
2
prepare for crops
"Work the soil"
"cultivate the land"
3
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
"Cultivate your musical taste"
"Train your tastebuds"
"She is well schooled in poetry"
4
adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
"domesticate oats"
"tame the soil"
5
To grow plants, notably crops.
"After years of living in the city, she decided to move back home to cultivate her family's small vegetable garden."
Example Sentences
"Work the soil"
verb
"cultivate the land"
verb
"Cultivate your musical taste"
verb
"Train your tastebuds"
verb
"She is well schooled in poetry"
verb
"domesticate oats"
verb
"tame the soil"
verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
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