cultivate

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verb

1. foster the growth of (Freq. 3)
• Derivationally related forms:
cultivation, cultivator
• Topics:
farming, agriculture, husbandry
• Hyponyms:
grow, raise, farm, produce
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They cultivate rye in the field
2. prepare for crops (Freq. 1)
- Work the soil
- cultivate the land
• Syn:
crop, work
• Derivationally related forms:
crop (for: crop), cultivation, cultivator
• Topics:
farming, agriculture, husbandry
• Hypernyms:
fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
• Hyponyms:
overcrop, overcultivate
• Verb Group:
knead, work
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
- Cultivate your musical taste
- Train your tastebuds
- She is well schooled in poetry
• Syn:
educate, school, train, civilize, civilise
• Derivationally related forms:
civilisation (for: civilise), civilization (for: civilize), cultivation, education (for: educate)
• Hypernyms:
polish, refine, fine-tune, down
• Hyponyms:
sophisticate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
4. adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
- domesticate oats
- tame the soil
• Syn:
domesticate, naturalize, naturalise, tame
• Derivationally related forms:
naturalisation (for: naturalise), naturalization (for: naturalize)
• Topics:
plant, flora, plant life
• Hypernyms:
adapt, accommodate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  domesticate, naturalize, naturalise, tame, educate, school, train, civilize, civilise, crop, work