cultivate as in foster the growth of

cultivate as in prepare for crops

• "Work the soil"
• "cultivate the land"

Synonyms

• cropcut short; prepare for crops; yield crops; let feed in a field or pasture or meadow ; feed as in a meadow or pasture; cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; the yield from plants in a single growing season ; a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale ; a collection of people or things appearing together; the output of something in a season; the stock or handle of a whip ; a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
• workactivity directed toward making or doing something; a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing; the occupation for which you are paid; applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading); (physics) a manifestation of energy; a place where work is done; the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it); exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; be employed; have an effect or outcome; perform as expected when applied; shape, form, or improve a material; give a workout to; proceed along a path; operate in a certain place, area, or specialty; proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity; move in an agitated manner; cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; cause to work; prepare for crops; behave in a certain way when handled; have and exert influence or effect; operate in or through; cause to operate or function; provoke or excite; gratify and charm, usually in order to influence; make something, usually for a specific function; move into or onto; make uniform; use or manipulate to one's advantage; find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; cause to undergo fermentation; go sour or spoil; arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion

cultivate as in teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

• "Cultivate your musical taste"
• "Train your tastebuds"
• "She is well schooled in poetry"

Synonyms

• educategive an education to; create by training and teaching; teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
• schooleducate in or as if in a school; teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; swim in or form a large group of fish; an educational institution; a building where young people receive education; the process of being formally educated at a school; a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers; the period of instruction in a school; an educational institution's faculty and students; a large group of fish
• trainpublic transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive; a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding; a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file; a series of consequences wrought by an event; piece of cloth forming the long back section of a gown that is drawn along the floor; wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed; create by training and teaching; undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession; develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; educate for a future role or function; teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards; teach and supervise (someone); exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition; cause to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it; travel by rail or train; drag loosely along a surface
• civilizeteach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; raise from a barbaric to a civilized state
• civiliseteach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; raise from a barbaric to a civilized state

cultivate as in adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

• "domesticate oats"
• "tame the soil"

Synonyms

• domesticateadapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; overcome the wildness of; make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
• naturalizemake into a citizen; explain with reference to nature ; adopt to another place; make more natural or lifelike ; adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
• naturaliseadopt to another place; make more natural or lifelike ; make into a citizen; adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
• tameflat and uninspiring ; very restrained or quiet; brought from wildness into a domesticated state; very docile; correct by punishment or discipline ; make less strong or intense; adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; overcome the wildness of; make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans