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Meaning of cultivate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  cultivate
      v 1: foster the growth of
      2: prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"
         [syn: {cultivate}, {crop}, {work}]
      3: teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment;
         "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She
         is well schooled in poetry" [syn: {educate}, {school},
         {train}, {cultivate}, {civilize}, {civilise}]
      4: adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment;
         "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" [syn: {domesticate},
         {cultivate}, {naturalize}, {naturalise}, {tame}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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