[cul.ture] n [ME, fr. MF, fr. L cultura, fr. cultus, pp.] (15c) 1: cultivation, tillage
2: the act of developing the intellectual and moral faculties esp. by education
3: expert care and training "beauty ~"
4. a: enlightenment and excellence of taste acquired by intellectual and aesthetic training b: acquaintance with and taste in fine arts, humanities, and broad aspects of science as distinguished from vocational and technical skills
5. a: the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon man's capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations b: the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group c: the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes a company or corporation
6: cultivation of living material in prepared nutrient media; also: a product of such cultivation
[2]culture vt cul.tured ; cul.tur.ing (1510) 1: cultivate
2. a: to grow in a prepared medium b: to start a culture from