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Adjective cultivated has 3 senses
- cultivated - (of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing; "cultivated land"
Antonyms: uncultivated, uncultivable, uncultivatable
- cultivated - no longer in the natural state; developed by human care and for human use; "cultivated roses"; "cultivated blackberries"
Antonyms: wild, untamed (indirect, via tame)
- civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite - marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"
Antonym: unrefined (indirect, via refined)
Verb cultivate has 4 senses
- cultivate - foster the growth of
Sample sentence:
They cultivate rye in the field
- cultivate, crop, work - prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"
--2 is one way to fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise - train to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
--3 is one way to polish, refine, fine-tune, down
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame - adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
--4 is one way to adapt, accommodate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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