1. (

• cultivate

) foster the growth of ;

2. (

• cultivate ,
• crop ,
• work ,

) prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land" ;

3. (

• educate ,
• school ,
• train ,
• cultivate ,
• civilize ,
• civilise

) teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry" ;

4. (

• domesticate ,
• cultivate ,
• naturalize ,
• naturalise ,
• tame ,

) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" ;

1. (

• cultivated

) (of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing; "cultivated land" ;

2. (

• cultivated

) no longer in the natural state; developed by human care and for human use; "cultivated roses"; "cultivated blackberries" ;

3. (

• civilized ,
• civilised ,
• cultivated ,
• cultured ,
• genteel ,
• polite

) marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society" ;