CULTIVATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cultivate mean?
• CULTIVATE (verb)
The verb CULTIVATE has 4 senses:
1. foster the growth of
2. prepare for crops
3. train to be discriminative in taste or judgment
4. adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
Familiarity information: CULTIVATE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• CULTIVATE (verb)
Meaning:
Foster the growth of
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Domain category:
agriculture; farming; husbandry (the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cultivate"):
farm; grow; produce; raise (cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They cultivate rye in the field
Meaning:
Prepare for crops
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
crop; cultivate; work
Context examples:
Work the soil / cultivate the land
Hypernyms (to "cultivate" is one way to...):
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)
Domain category:
agriculture; farming; husbandry (the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cultivate"):
overcrop; overcultivate (to exhaust by excessive cultivation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Train to be discriminative in taste or judgment
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
civilise; civilize; school; cultivate; educate; train
Context examples:
Cultivate your musical taste / Train your tastebuds / She is well schooled in poetry
Hypernyms (to "cultivate" is one way to...):
down; fine-tune; polish; refine (improve or perfect by pruning or polishing)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cultivate"):
sophisticate (make less natural or innocent)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
domesticate; tame; cultivate; naturalise; naturalize
Context examples:
domesticate oats / tame the soil
Hypernyms (to "cultivate" is one way to...):
accommodate; adapt (make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose)
Domain category:
flora; plant; plant life (a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
