transitive. To raise, rear (a crop); to tend and cultivate (a plant) so as to promote growth. Obsolete.

transitive. To cause or promote the growth of (a plant); to grow (fruit, vegetables, flowers, etc.). †Also with the soil producing the plants as…

To bring up, tend in growing.

transitive. To tend, cultivate, or promote the growth of (a plant, crop, etc.). Obsolete.

To foster, tend, cultivate (plants obsolete, hair, etc.).

To till (a plant) by this operation. Obsolete.

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

transitive. To tend to or look after (a plant, a crop). Obsolete.

transitive. To cultivate, train, rear (a plant). Also figurative. Obsolete.

transitive. To attend to, promote, or cause the growth of (a plant); to grow (grain, etc.); = raise, v.1 11a. Also in extended use.

transitive. To supply (a plant) with warmth or moisture; to tend or cultivate carefully. Also figurative.

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

transitive. To cause to bear a crop; to sow or plant with a crop; to raise crops on. Also intransitive, to cultivate land; to work as a farmer…

transitive. To cultivate (the land or plants).

transitive. To grow and improve (a plant, crop, etc.), esp. for commercial purposes.

transitive. To improve (a plant) by cultivation; cf. gentle, adj. 5.

To bestow attention upon, attend to; esp. to foster, cultivate (a plant, etc.); to work or mind (a pump, a machine, etc.).

transitive. U.S. (now chiefly southern). To bring (a crop) to maturity; to raise (raise, v.1 11a). Also intransitive: (of a crop) to come to…

transitive. To dig or root up with a sharp implement; to crop. Obsolete.

causative. To cause to grow. To produce (plants, wool, etc.) by cultivation.

transitive. To raise (a type of livestock, etc.) or cultivate (a type of crop), esp. on a commercial basis.

transitive. To cultivate (the soil, plants).

transitive. To dress the side of something; (Agriculture) to apply fertilizer to the ground around (a growing plant or planted seeds). Also: to…

(transitive) to cultivate (land) by double cropping; also with crop as object.

To bring into being or existence. transitive. Of a country, region, process, etc.: to give forth, yield, furnish, supply; (of a person or community)…