1. (

• culture

) grow in a special preparation; "the biologist grows microorganisms" ;

1. (

• 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" ;