Definition of cultivate

Overview of verb cultivate

The verb cultivate has 4 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (3) cultivate

(foster the growth of)

2. (1) cultivate, crop, work

(prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land")

3. educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise

(teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry")

4. domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame

(adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil")