transitive. To go about, occupy, inhabit; to work, cultivate. (Latin colere.) Obsolete.

transitive. To farm, cultivate, till (land, soil, etc.); = labour, v. 1b. Also: to cultivate (a plant or crop). to work the land: (originally)…

transitive. To bestow labour and attention, such as ploughing, harrowing, manuring, etc., upon (land) so as to fit it for raising crops; to cultivate.

To till (the ground); = Latin exercēre terram.

To ‘dress’ in husbandry (vines, land, etc.); to cultivate, till, or attend to (plants, crops, etc.).

transitive. To work (land); to farm, cultivate, till, plough. Formerly also: †to work (a mine) (obsolete). Now archaic and poetic.

transitive. To till or cultivate (land). Formerly also figurative. Now regional (chiefly Scottish and Irish English (northern)).

transitive. To cultivate (the land or plants).

transitive. To till, cultivate.

transitive. To cultivate (the soil, plants).

To put into proper condition for some purpose or use; to prepare, make ready; to dress; to get (land) into condition for cropping, to till; to…

transitive. To cultivate, prune, or tend (a field, garden, plant, etc.); to treat or lightly cover with manure, fertilizer, or other nutrients…

transitive. To bring (land) under cultivation; to cultivate. Now rare.

transitive. To labour upon (something); to work at; esp. to till (the earth, etc.).

transitive. To work, till, occupy, or otherwise make use of (land, ground, etc.).

transitive. To use (land) for growing crops or rearing animals; to cultivate (land).

transitive. To prepare and use (land) for growing crops; to improve and render fertile by husbandry; to till. Also intransitive.

To bring (a wild plant) under or into cultivation; to reclaim or improve (land) by cultivation.

transitive. To till; to cultivate; = husband, v. 5. Also in figurative contexts.

transitive. To cultivate.

transitive. To take (land) into possession; to enclose (common land or wasteland) for cultivation, grazing, etc.; to annex.