Definitions for cultivate
ˈkʌl təˌveɪtcul·ti·vate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.8 / 4 votes

1. cultivateverb

   foster the growth of

2. cultivate, crop, workverb

   prepare for crops

   "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"

3. educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civiliseverb

   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, tameverb

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

   "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. cultivateverb

   To grow plants, notably crops

   Farmers should cultivate their crops to get a good harvest.

2. cultivateverb

   To nurture; to foster; to tend.

   They tried to cultivate an interest in learning among their students.

3. cultivateverb

   To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting.

4. Etymology: From cultivatus, perfect passive participle of cultivo, from cultivus, from cultus, perfect passive participle of colo, which comes from earlier *, from kʷel-. Cognates include Ancient Greek and Sanskrit. The same Proto-Indo-European root also gave Latin inquilinus and anculus.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To CULTIVATEverb

   Etymology: cultiver, French.

   1. To forward or improve the product of the earth, by manual industry.

   Those excellent seeds implanted in your birth, will, if cultivated, be most flourishing in production; and, as the soil is good, and no cost nor care wanting to improve it, we must entertain hopes of the richest harvest. Henry Felton, on the Classicks.

   2. To improve; to meliorate.

   Were we but less indulgent to our faults,
   And patience had to cultivate our thoughts,
   Our muse would flourish. Edmund Waller.

   To make man mild and sociable to man,
   To cultivate the wild licentious savage
   With wisdom, discipline, and liberal arts,
   Th’ embellishments of life. Joseph Addison, Cato.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cultivate

   To cultivate typically means to prepare and use land for crops or gardening, or to nurture something and help it grow or improve. It can also refer to the process of trying to acquire or develop a quality, sentiment or skill.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. Cultivateverb

   to bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil

2. Cultivateverb

   to direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish

3. Cultivateverb

   to seek the society of; to court intimacy with

4. Cultivateverb

   to improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to; to civilize; to refine

5. Cultivateverb

   to raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing; as, to cultivate corn or grass

6. Etymology: [LL. cultivatus, p. p. of cultivare to cultivate, fr. cultivus cultivated, fr. L. cultus, p. p. of colere to till, cultivate. Cf. Colony.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cultivate

   kul′ti-vāt, v.i. to till or produce by tillage: to prepare for crops: to devote attention to: to civilise or refine.—adjs. Cul′tivable, Cultivat′able, capable of being cultivated.—ns. Cultivā′tion, the art or practice of cultivating: civilisation: refinement; Cul′tivator.—Cultivate a person's friendship, to endeavour to get his good-will. [Low L. cultivāre, -ātum—L. colĕre, to till, to worship.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cultivate

   To make or prepare to plant.

   They did cultivate the land to prepare for the planting of the trees.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 19, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Adapt
   • Farming
   • Plant

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How to pronounce cultivate?

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How to say cultivate in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cultivate in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cultivate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of cultivate in a Sentence

1. Romney McDaniel:

   I hate generalizing. But what I've seen, from what I've observed, fundraising's an issue for women candidates, a lot of the major donors, and I don't know if it's on the Democrat side, are men. So we need to cultivate more women givers. Women are very comfortable giving to charities or things they believe in, but not as much political givers.

2. Pete Buttigieg:

   The only way that we can cultivate what makes America great is to look to the future and not be afraid of it.

3. Eugène Ionesco:

   Since the death instinct exists in the heart of everything that lives, since we suffer from trying to repress it, since everything that lives longs for rest, let us unfasten the ties that bind us to life, let us cultivate our death wish, let us develop it, water it like a plant, let it grow unhindered. Suffering and fear are born from the repression of the death wish.

4. Amit Ray:

   Raise you awareness and cultivate your uniqueness.

5. Andrea Sledge:

   It’s an opportunity for character-building, self-esteem building and helping the girls cultivate what they want to do with their lives post-high-school and beyond.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cultivate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cultivate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=cultivate
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cultivate
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=cultivate
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=cultivate