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Definition of cultivated



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")


Overview of adj cultivated

The adj cultivated has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. cultivated

((of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing; "cultivated land")

2. cultivated

(no longer in the natural state; developed by human care and for human use; "cultivated roses"; "cultivated blackberries")

3. civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite

(marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society")