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| VERB | 1 | cultivate | Foster the growth of |
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| 2 | cultivate, crop, work | Prepare for crops | |
| 3 | cultivate, educate, school, train, civilize, civilise | Train to be discriminative in taste or judgment | |
| 4 | cultivate, domesticate, naturalize, naturalise, tame | Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment |
| Sounds | kah'ltahvey.t |
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| Rhymes | abate, abbreviate, abdicate, and 537 more rhymes in eyt... |
| Meaning | Foster the growth of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Model | They cultivate rye in the field |
| Category | farming, agriculture, husbandry |
| Narrower | grow, raise, farm, produce |
| Nouns | cultivation; cultivator |
| Meaning | Prepare for crops. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "cultivate the land" |
| Synonyms | crop, work |
| Similar to | knead, work |
| Category | farming, agriculture, husbandry |
| Broader | fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set |
| Narrower | overcrop, overcultivate |
| Entailed by | till |
| Nouns | cultivation; cultivator |
| Meaning | Train to be discriminative in taste or judgment. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "Cultivate your musical taste" |
| Synonyms | educate, school, train, civilize, civilise |
| Broader | polish, refine, fine-tune, down |
| Narrower | sophisticate |
| Nouns | cultivation |
| Meaning | Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | domesticate, naturalize, naturalise, tame |
| Category | plant, flora, plant life |
| Broader | adapt, accommodate |
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