CULTIVATE


Meaning of CULTIVATE in English

v.tr.

1. a prepare and use (soil etc.) for crops or gardening. b break up (the ground) with a cultivator.

2 a raise or produce (crops). b culture (bacteria etc.).

3 a (often as cultivated adj.) apply oneself to improving or developing (the mind, manners, etc.). b pay attention to or nurture (a person or a person's friendship).

Derivatives:

cultivable adj. cultivatable adj. cultivation n.

Etymology: med.L cultivare f. cultiva (terra) arable (land) (as CULT)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.