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adjectiveprepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land. produced or improved by cultivation, as a plant. educated; refined; cultured: cultivated tastes. Origin of cultivatedFirst recorded in 1655–65; cultivate + -ed2 OTHER WORDS FROM cultivatedmis·cul·ti·vat·ed, adjectivenon·cul·ti·vat·ed, adjectivepseu·do·cul·ti·vat·ed, adjectivequa·si-cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective sem·i·cul·ti·vat·ed, adjectivesu·per·cul·ti·vat·ed, adjectiveun·cul·ti·vat·ed, adjectivewell-cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH cultivatedcultivated , culturedWords nearby cultivatedcultish, cultism, cultivable, cultivar, cultivate, cultivated, cultivate one's own garden, cultivation, cultivator, cult of personality, cultrate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cultivatedValerie isn't going anywhere, and her work will extend through those she has cultivated and inspired. The Valerie Jarrett I Know: How She Saved the Obama Campaign and Why She’s Indispensable|Joshua DuBois|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST And he cultivated a sort of “first lady” style that has dominated for decades: tasteful, impeccably made, and above all pretty. How Oscar de la Renta Created First Lady Fashion|Raquel Laneri|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST After all, the biggest names in the art world have cultivated their craft through heartbreak and emotional strife. Miley Cyrus Channels Her Bad Year Into Rave-Kid Art|Justin Jones|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST It's cultivated through the daily activities of people, over the course of years, warts and all. Great Cities are Born Filthy|Will Doig|July 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“He has cultivated a reputation of being a professional debauchee,” Wallace writes. Speed Read: Terry Richardson on Sex, Lies, and Lindsay Lohan|Justin Jones|June 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST I noticed no dementia on the part of Miss Maturin, who seemed to me a most cultivated and very charming young lady. Lord Stranleigh Abroad|Robert Barr Burke came to London with a cultivated curiosity, and p. 144in no spirit of desperate determination to make his fortune. Obiter Dicta|Augustine Birrell Since then he has cultivated only that ungraspable forelock. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862|Various Forests and rivers, orchards and lakes, cultivated fields and beautiful villages adorned the landscape. Hernando Cortez|John S. C. Abbott A great deal of cotton is cultivated here, about thirty feet above the Lake. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873|David Livingstone
British Dictionary definitions for cultivated
adjectivecultured, refined, or educated ((of land or soil)) - subjected to tillage or cultivation
- tilled and broken up
(of plants) specially bred or improved by cultivation Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to cultivatedrefined, polished, sophisticated, enlightened, civilized, educated, accomplished, learned, urbane |