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cultivate

/ˈkʌltɪveɪt/verb3 syllables

Cultivate means: teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment.

Synonyms for cultivate14

verb, as in teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

educate, school, train, civilize, civilise

verb, as in prepare for crops

crop, work, knead

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

domesticate, naturalize, naturalise, tame

verb, as in promote the growth of

foster, further

What does cultivate mean?4

verb

1

teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment“Cultivate your musical taste”

2

prepare for crops“Work the soil”

3

adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment“domesticate oats”

4

promote the growth of“Foster our children's well-being and education”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cultivate in a sentence

  • There are things one is born with, and things one has to cultivate.mailohilohi
  • Picture books will cultivate the minds of children.auxitt
  • We should cultivate our minds by reading good books.CK
  • You should cultivate the habit of getting up early.Dejo
  • His mother tried to cultivate her son's interest in art.unknown
  • Wasabi is a pungent plant that is difficult to cultivate.Vanilla
  • Don't cultivate a personal relationship with your boss.Amastan
  • Try to cultivate the successful like that you dream of.Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of cultivate

as a verb

past tense
cultivated
present participle
cultivating
third-person singular
cultivates
past participle
cultivated