cultivateverb [ T ]
uk/ˈkʌl.tɪ.veɪt/us/ˈkʌl.tə.veɪt/cultivate verb [ T ] (USE LAND)
C1 to prepare land and grow crops on it, or to grow a particular crop:
Most of the land there is too poor to cultivate.
The villagers cultivate mostly maize and beans.
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Farming - general words
- agrarian
- agriculture
- arable
- corn earworm
- farming
- food security
- harrow
- harvest
- homestead
- produce
- PYO
- rabi
- reap
- rick
- seed
- slash-and-burn
- subsistence farming
- the Agrarian Revolution
- thrash
- till
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cultivate verb [ T ] (DEVELOP)
C2 to try to develop and improve something:
She has cultivated an image as a tough negotiator.
If you cultivate a relationship, you make a special effort to establish and develop it, because you think it might be useful to you:
The new prime minister is cultivating relationships with East Asian countries.
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Making things better
- a shot in the arm idiom
- add salt to sth idiom
- allay
- alleviate
- ameliorate
- heal
- make sb/sth over
- mitigate
- mollify
- more
- palliate
- redeem
- relieve
- salve
- spice
- spice sth up
- sting
- straighten
- straighten sb out
- streamline
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Encouraging and urging on
cultivation
noun [ U ] uk/ˌkʌl.tɪˈveɪ.ʃən/us/ˌkʌl.təˈveɪ.ʃən/