| VERB | creation | cultivate | foster / foster the growth of |
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| creation | cultivate, crop, work | prepare for crops | |
| social | cultivate, educate, school, train, civilize, civilise | teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment | |
| change | 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 ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | foster / foster the growth of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They cultivate rye in the field | |
| Category | farming, agriculture, husbandry | The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock |
| Narrower | grow, raise, farm, produce | cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques |
| Spanish | cultivar | |
| Catalan | conrear, cultivar | |
| Nouns | cultivation | (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale) |
| cultivation | the process of fostering the growth of something | |
| cultivator | someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil | |
| Meaning | Prepare for crops. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "cultivate the land" | |
| Synonyms | crop, work | |
| Category | farming, agriculture, husbandry | The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock |
| Entailed by | till | Work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation |
| Narrower | overcrop, overcultivate | To exhaust by excessive cultivation |
| Broader | fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set | make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc |
| Similar to | knead, work | make uniform |
| Spanish | cultivar | |
| Catalan | conrear, cultivar | |
| Nouns | cultivation | (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale) |
| cultivator | a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture) | |
| Meaning | Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "Cultivate your musical taste" | |
| Synonyms | educate, school, train, civilize, civilise | |
| Narrower | sophisticate | make less natural or innocent |
| Broader | polish, refine, fine-tune, down | improve or perfect by pruning or polishing |
| Spanish | civilizar, cultivar, educar | |
| Catalan | civilitzar, educar | |
| Nouns | cultivation | a highly developed state of perfection |
| 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 | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
| Broader | adapt, accommodate | make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose |
| Spanish | aclimatarse, naturalizar | |
| Catalan | aclimatar-se, naturalitzar | |
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