Definition of cultivate
Verbs
foster the growth of
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farm, grow, produce, raise
cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
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carry
bear (a crop)
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overproduce
produce in excess; produce more than needed or wanted
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keep
raise
prepare for crops
"cultivate the land"
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overcrop, overcultivate
to exhaust by excessive cultivation
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
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sophisticate
make less natural or innocent
adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
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- domesticate, naturalise, naturalize, tame
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accommodate, adapt
make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
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Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" Chapters 11-29 »(326 words)
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