transitive verb. undefined

transitive verb. To improve and prepare (land), as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; till.

transitive verb. To loosen or dig soil around (growing plants).

transitive verb. To grow or tend (a plant or crop).

transitive verb. To promote the growth of (a biological culture).

transitive verb. To encourage or foster: synonym: nurture.

transitive verb. To acquire, develop, or refine, as by education.

transitive verb. To seek the acquaintance or goodwill of; make friends with.

To till; prepare for crops; manure, plow, dress, sow, and reap; manage and improve in husbandry: as, to cultivate land; to cultivate a farm.

To raise or produce by tillage: as, to cultivate corn or grass.

To use a cultivator upon; run a cultivator through: as, to cultivate a field of standing corn. See cultivator .

To improve and strengthen by labor or study; promote the development or increase of; cherish; foster: as, to cultivate talents; to cultivate a taste for poetry.

To direct special attention to; devote study, labor, or care to; study to understand, derive advantage from, etc.: as, to cultivate literature; to cultivate an acquaintance.

To improve; meliorate; correct; civilize.

transitive verb. To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize.

transitive verb. To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish.

transitive verb. To seek the society of; to court intimacy with.

transitive verb. To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to; to civilize; to refine.

transitive verb. To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing.

verb. To grow plants, notably crops

verb. To nurture; to foster; to tend.

verb. To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting.

verb. prepare for crops

verb. teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

verb. foster the growth of

verb. adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

"A grower in Papparapatti village of Dharmapuri district says with the government's help, he can cultivate from a hectare of trees at least double India's nominal per capita income level of $1030 in 2009."

cultivable  cultivar  cultivated  

accommodate  adapt  

farm  grow  produce  raise  

bottle-fed  chopped-up  disagreeable-looking  government-owned  gun-toting  

advance  ameliorate  apprentice  approach  backset  

cultivated  cultivates  cultivating