cultivate

1. v. t. To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil. Source: opted

2. v. t. To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish. Source: opted

3. v. t. To seek the society of; to court intimacy with. Source: opted

4. v. t. To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to; to civilize; to refine. Source: opted

5. v. t. To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing; as, to cultivate corn or grass. Source: opted

6. v. prepare for crops Source: wordnet

7. v. teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment Source: wordnet

8. v. adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment Source: wordnet

9. v. promote the growth of Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

11. v:100 v. foster the growth of v. prepare for crops Source: ecdict

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