Cultivate - definition, pronunciation, transcription
verb
- prepare for crops (syn: crop, work)
- adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment (syn: domesticate, naturalize, tame)
Extra examples
Prehistoric peoples settled the area and began to cultivate the land.
Some of the fields are cultivated while others lie fallow.
They survived by cultivating vegetables and grain.
He has carefully cultivated his image.
She cultivated a taste for fine wines.
He wants to cultivate his mind - to understand art and literature.
I felt that he was a person I should like to cultivate.
The land was too rocky to cultivate.
We cultivated maize and watermelons.
Try to cultivate a more relaxed and positive approach to life.
The company has been successful in cultivating a very professional image.
Professor Gladwyn would be an acquaintance worth cultivating.
I am aware of a single attempt to cultivate the sponge.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: cultivate
he/she/it: cultivates
present participle: cultivating
past tense: cultivated
past participle: cultivated
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