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  Cultivate \Cul"ti*vate\ (k?l"t?-v?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Cultivated (-v?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Cultivating
     (-v?`-t?ng).] [LL. cultivatus, p. p. of cultivare to
     cultivate, fr. cultivus cultivated, fr. L. cultus, p. p. of
     colere to till, cultivate. Cf. Colony.]
     1. To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to
        valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate
        soil.
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     2. To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought
        to; to foster; to cherish.
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              Leisure . . . to cultivate general literature.
                                                    --Wordsworth.
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     3. To seek the society of; to court intimacy with.
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              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.
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     4. To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to;
        to civilize; to refine.
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              To cultivate the wild, licentious savage. --Addison.
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              The mind of man hath need to be prepared for piety
              and virtue; it must be cultivated to the end.
                                                    --Tillotson.
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     5. To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing;
        as, to cultivate corn or grass.
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  Cultivate \Cul"ti*vate\ (k?l"t?-v?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Cultivated (-v?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Cultivating
     (-v?`-t?ng).] [LL. cultivatus, p. p. of cultivare to
     cultivate, fr. cultivus cultivated, fr. L. cultus, p. p. of
     colere to till, cultivate. Cf. Colony.]
     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.

  cultivate
       v 1: foster the growth of
       2: prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"
          [syn: crop, work]
       3: train to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate
          your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well
          schooled in poetry" [syn: educate, school, train, civilize,
           civilise]
       4: adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment;
          "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" [syn: domesticate, naturalize,
           naturalise, tame]

  cultivate
     Αγγλικά vb.
     καλλιεργώ

  cultivate
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: cultivar)
     vb.
     1 To grow plants, notably crops.
     2 (lb en figurative) To nurture; to foster; to tend.
     3 To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting.

  cultivate
     vb.
     1 To grow plants, notably crops.
     2 (lb en figurative) To nurture; to foster; to tend.
     3 To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting.

  cultivate
     vb.
     1 To grow plants, notably crops.
     2 (lb en figurative) To nurture; to foster; to tend.
     3 To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting.

  cultivate
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: cultivar)
     vb.
     1 To grow plants, notably crops.
     2 (lb en figurative) To nurture; to foster; to tend.
     3 To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting.

  cultivate
     Englanti vb.
     kasvattaa, viljellä

  cultivate
     Engelska vb.
     odla, kultivera

  cultivate /kˈʌltɪvˌeɪt/
  beskaaf, beskawe, aankweek, kweek

  Cultivate /kˈʌltɪvˌeɪt/
  إزرع

  cultivate //ˈkʌltɪveɪt// 
  1. отглеждам
  grow plants, notably crops
  2. подхранвам
  nurture
  3. култивирам, обработвам
  turn or stir soil in preparation for planting

  cultivate /kˈʌltɪvˌeɪt/ 
  obdělávat

  cultivate /kˈʌltɪvˌeɪt/ 
  pěstovat

  cultivate /kˈʌltɪvˌeɪt/ 
  kultivovat

  cultivate /kˈʌltɪvˌeɪt/
  obdělat

  cultivate /kˈʌltɪvˌeɪt/ 
  amaethu 

  cultivate /kˈʌltɪvˌeɪt/ 
  hwsmona 

  cultivate /kˈʌltɪvˌeɪt/ 
  ausbilden 

  cultivate /kˈʌltɪvˌeɪt/ 
   [fig.] entwickeln, pflegen, fördern 
        "cultivate contacts/relationships"  - Kontakte/Beziehungen pflegen
        "cultivate one's reputation"  - etw. für seinen guten Ruf tun
        "cultivate sb.'s talent"  - jds. Talent fördern
   see: cultivating, cultivated
  

  cultivate /kˈʌltɪvˌeɪt/ 
  kultivieren 
   see: cultivating, cultivated, cultivates, cultivated
  

  cultivate /kˈʌltɪvˌeɪt/
  
  καλλιεργώ, σκαλίζω

  cultivate //ˈkʌltɪveɪt// 
  1. viljellä
  grow plants, notably crops
  2. herättää
  nurture
  3. kyntää, muokata, äestää
  turn or stir soil in preparation for planting

  cultivate /kʌltiveit/
  cultiver

  cultivate /kˈʌltɪvˌeɪt/ 
  1. खेती~करना
        "Farmers cultivate the lands"
  2. सम्बन्ध~बढाना
        "We must cultivate good relations with others"

  cultivate /kˈʌltɪvˌeɪt/
  gajiti, njegovati, obrađivati, uzgajati

  cultivate /kˈʌltɪvˌeɪt/
  coltivare

  cultivate //ˈkʌltɪveɪt// 
  1. 栽培
  grow plants, notably crops
  2. 養う
  nurture
  3. 耕す, 耕作
  turn or stir soil in preparation for planting

  cultivate /kʌltiveit/
  colere

  cultivate /kʌltiveit/
  amanhar, cultivar

  cultivate /kʌltiveit/
  cultivar

  cultivate //ˈkʌltɪveɪt// 
  1. odla
  2. odla, bruka
  grow plants, notably crops

  cultivate /kˈʌltɪvˌeɪt/
  1. tarlayı sürüp ekmek, yetiştirmek
  2. terbiye etmek
  3. beslemek
  4. (başka bir kimseyi) kendine bağlamaya çalışmak. cultivate a friendship dostluk kazanmaya çalışmak. cultivable, cultivatable  ekilebilir, yetiştirilebilir. cultivated  ekili
  5. zarif, ince, münevver. cultiva, tion  tarım
  6. yetiştirme
  7. kibarlık, incelik, münevverlik, irfan. cultivator  (bahç) ekinler arasındaki toprağı tırmıklamaya mahsus çiftçi aleti veya makinası
  8. küçük saban
  9. ekici, yetiştirici.

  
/ˈkəɫtəˌveɪt/

  144 Moby Thesaurus words for "cultivate":
     advance, ameliorate, apprentice, approach, backset, beautify,
     better, break, break in, break the ice, breed, bring up,
     brown-nose, butter up, care for, carve, cherish, chisel, coddle,
     condition, convert, cosset, court, courteous, cradle, crop,
     cultivated, culture, cultured, cut, delve, develop, dig,
     discipline, distingue, dress, drill, dry-nurse, educate, elaborate,
     embellish, encourage, evolve, excite, exercise, extract, fallow,
     farm, feed, fertilize, fetch up, finish, fit, fondle, force, form,
     foster, further, groom, grow, harrow, harvest, hoe, house-train,
     housebreak, improve, instruct, labor, lavish care on,
     lick into shape, list, machine, make advances, make sensitive,
     make up to, manage, mature, mill, mine, mother, mulch, nourish,
     nurse, nurture, pamper, pay addresses to, pay court to, perfect,
     play up to, plow, polish, polished, polite, practice, prepare,
     process, produce, promote, propagate, prune, pump, put in tune,
     put to school, quicken, raise, rake, ready, rear, refine, refined,
     rehearse, ripen, run after, season, send to school, sensibilize,
     sensitize, sharpen, shine up to, smelt, spade, spoon-feed,
     stimulate, stir, suck up to, suckle, sustain, take in hand, teach,
     tend, thin, thin out, till, till the soil, train, urbane, weed,
     weed out, well-bred, wet-nurse, whet, woo, work, work on
  
  

  v. 培养,耕作,畜;

     vt. 耕,耕作;培养,磨炼