1. Foster the growth of 
2. Prepare for crops
   "cultivate the land"
   - crop, work 
3. Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
   "Cultivate your musical taste"
   - educate, school, train, civilize, civilise [Brit] 
4. Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
   - domesticate, naturalize, naturalise [Brit], tame

Derived forms: cultivating, cultivated, cultivates

See also: cultivation, cultivator

Type of: accommodate, adapt, down, fine-tune, fix, gear up, polish, prepare, ready, refine, set, set up

Encyclopedia: Cultivate

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