cultivate


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cultivate
v. prepare the ground for planting, grow crops; develop, improve; nurture

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Cultivation
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cultivate

Verb
1. foster the growth of
(hyponym) grow, raise, farm, produce
(derivation) cultivation
(classification) farming, agriculture, husbandry
2. prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"
(synonym) crop, work
(hypernym) fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
(hyponym) overcrop, overcultivate
(verb-group) knead, work
(derivation) cultivation
(classification) farming, agriculture, husbandry
3. train to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
(synonym) educate, school, train, civilize, civilise
(hypernym) polish, refine, fine-tune, down
(hyponym) sophisticate
(derivation) polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finish
4. adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
(synonym) domesticate, naturalize, naturalise, tame
(hypernym) adapt, accommodate
(classification) plant, flora, plant life


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cultivarse
v. grow, cultivate

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cultivate
v. obdělávat; pěstovat