cultivate

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
carry
bear (a crop)
overproduce
produce in excess; produce more than needed or wanted
keep
raise
prepare for crops
"cultivate the land"
Synonyms:
crop, work
knead
make uniform
Types:
overcrop, overcultivate
to exhaust by excessive cultivation
Type of:
fix, gear up, prepare, ready, set, set up
make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
Synonyms:
civilise, civilize, educate, school, train
Types:
sophisticate
make less natural or innocent
Type of:
down, fine-tune, polish, refine
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
Synonyms:
domesticate, naturalise, naturalize, tame
Type of:
accommodate, adapt
make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose

Vocabulary Lists for cultivate

Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Chapters 8-15 »(708 words)
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  • premeditate
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Chapters 16-24 »(619 words)
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  • estranged
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Novopharm »(38 words)
  • position
  • commit
  • empower
  • gain
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Ben Carson's Gifted Hands »(95 words)
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  • abate
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Asian Bee »(2500 words)
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  • arability
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  • lucrative
  • mitigate
  • manifold
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Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels - Chapters 1-4 »(415 words)
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  • scimitar
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Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" Chapters 13-25 »(370 words)
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  • abnegate
  • proscribe
  • vegetate
  • glutinous
  • ruminate

Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" Chapters 11-29 »(326 words)
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  • aggrieve
  • unfledged
  • convulse
  • concatenation
  • excavate

Ethan Words »(288 words)
  • denounce
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  • myriad
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