Thesaurus: cultivate

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1. v. t. To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.
2. v. t. To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish.
3. v. t. To seek the society of; to court intimacy with.
4. v. t. To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to; to civilize; to refine.
5. v. t. To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing; as, to cultivate corn or grass.
6. v. prepare for crops
7. v. teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
8. v. adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
9. v. promote the growth of
10. 1. To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil. 2. To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish. Leisure . . . to cultivate general literature. Wordsworth. 3. To seek the society of; to court intimacy with. I ever looked on Lord Keppel as one of the greatest and best men of his age; and I loved and cultivated him accordingly. Burke. 4. To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to; to civilize; to refine. To cultivate the wild, licentious savage. Addison. The mind of man hath need to be prepared for piety and virtue; it must be cultivated to the end. Tillotson. 5. To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing; as, to cultivate corn or grass.
11. v:100 v. foster the growth of v. prepare for crops