vverb.creationfoster the growth ofTopic:agriculturefarminghusbandry
Derivationally Related Form:cultivationcultivator
Inherited Hypernyms:cultivate
Direct Hyponyms:farmgrowproduceraise
Full Troponyms:carrygrowherdkeepoverproducewrangle
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | They --- rye in the field (apply to: cultivate)
vverb.creationprepare for cropsTopic:agriculturefarminghusbandry
Synset:crop cultivate work
Examples:- Work the soil
- cultivate the land
Derivationally Related Form:cultivationcultivatorcrop
Hypernyms:fix gear up prepare ready set set up
Inherited Hypernyms:cultivatefixchange
Direct Hyponyms:overcropovercultivate
Full Troponyms:overcrop
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.socialteach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgmentSynset:civilise civilize cultivate educate school train
Examples:- Cultivate your musical taste
- Train your tastebuds
- She is well schooled in poetry
Derivationally Related Form:civilisationcultivationcivilizationeducation
Hypernyms:down fine-tune polish refine
Inherited Hypernyms:educatepolishbetterchange
Direct Hyponyms:sophisticate
Full Troponyms:sophisticate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.changeadapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environmentTopic:floraplantplant life
Synset:cultivate domesticate naturalise naturalize tame
Examples:- domesticate oats
- tame the soil
Derivationally Related Form:naturalisationnaturalization
Hypernyms:accommodate adapt
Inherited Hypernyms:domesticateadaptchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adjadj.all(of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizingAntonyms:uncultivated
Inherited Hypernyms:cultivated
adj satadj.allno longer in the natural state; developed by human care and for human useExamples:- cultivated roses
- cultivated blackberries
Antonyms:wild
Inherited Hypernyms:cultivated
Similar to:tame tamed
adj satadj.allmarked by refinement in taste and mannersSynset:civilised civilized cultured genteel polite
Examples:- cultivated speech
- cultured Bostonians
- cultured tastes
- a genteel old lady
- polite society
Antonyms:unrefined
Derivationally Related Form:genteelness
Inherited Hypernyms:civilized
Similar to:refined