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verb (v)

• foster the growth of(verb.creation)

  source: wordnet30
• prepare for crops(verb.creation)

  Example:
  Cultivate the land.
  

  Synonym:
  crop, work
  

  source: wordnet30
• teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment(verb.social)

  Example:
  Cultivate your musical taste.
  

  Synonym:
  civilise, civilize, educate, school, train
  

  source: wordnet30
• adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment(verb.change)

  Synonym:
  domesticate, naturalise, naturalize, tame
  

  source: wordnet30
• To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.(verb)

  source: webster1913