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

1. transitive verb. To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.
2. transitive verb. To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish.
3. transitive verb. To seek the society of; to court intimacy with.
4. transitive verb. To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to; to civilize; to refine.
5. transitive verb. To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing; as, to cultivate corn or grass.
6. verb. adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

   "domesticate oats"

   "tame the soil"

   Synonyms: domesticate, naturalise, naturalize, tame

7. verb. prepare for crops

   "Work the soil"

   "cultivate the land"

   Synonyms: crop, work

8. verb. foster the growth of
9. verb. teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

   "Cultivate your musical taste"

   "Train your tastebuds"

   Synonyms: civilise, civilize, educate, school, train

Synonyms

domesticate, naturalise, naturalize, tame, crop, work, civilise, civilize, educate, school, train

Common word forms

cultivated, cultivates, cultivating

Words from these letters

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