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The meaning of CULTIVATE is to prepare or prepare and use for the raising of crops; also : to loosen or break up the soil about (growing plants). How to use cultivate in a sentence.
The meaning of CULTIVATED is refined, educated. How to use cultivated in a sentence.
Definition of cultivate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
verb (used with object) , cul·ti·vat·ed, cul·ti·vat·ing. to prepare and work on (land) in order to raise crops; till. to use a cultivator on. to promote or improve the growth of (a plant, crop, etc.) by labor and attention. to produce by culture: to cultivate a strain of bacteria.
cultivate verb [T] (DEVELOP) C2. to try to develop and improve something: cultivate an image She has cultivated an image as a tough negotiator. If you cultivate a relationship, you make a special effort to establish and develop it, because you think it might be useful to you:
When you cultivate something, you work to make it better. Originally, the word referred only to crops that required tilling, but the meaning has widened. No matter what is being cultivated, the word implies a level of care that is reminiscent of gardening.
cultivate verb [T] (DEVELOP) C2. to try to develop and improve something: cultivate an image She has cultivated an image as a tough negotiator. If you cultivate a relationship, you make a special effort to establish and develop it, because you think it might be useful to you:
