Dictionary Entry
cultivate
cultivate is a 9-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 18 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.
- 2transitive verb
To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish.
- 3transitive verb
To seek the society of; to court intimacy with.
- 4transitive verb
To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to; to civilize; to refine.
- 5transitive verb
To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing; as, to cultivate corn or grass.
- 6verb
adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
"domesticate oats"
"tame the soil"
- 7verb
prepare for crops
"Work the soil"
"cultivate the land"
- 8verb
foster the growth of
- 9verb
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
"Cultivate your musical taste"
"Train your tastebuds"
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