cultivated Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb foster the growth of
   cultivate.
   
2. verb prepare for crops
   cultivate; work; crop.
   
   • Work the soil
   • cultivate the land
3. verb teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
   educate; civilise; school; train; cultivate; civilize.
   
   • Cultivate your musical taste
   • Train your tastebuds
   • She is well schooled in poetry
4. verb adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
   naturalize; cultivate; tame; naturalise; domesticate.
   
   • domesticate oats
   • tame the soil
5. adjective (of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing
   
   • cultivated land
6. adjective satellite no longer in the natural state; developed by human care and for human use
   
   • cultivated roses
   • cultivated blackberries
7. adjective satellite marked by refinement in taste and manners
   civilised; polite; cultured; civilized; genteel.
   
   • cultivated speech
   • cultured Bostonians
   • cultured tastes
   • a genteel old lady
   • polite society

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