Meaning

3 senses

  1. To grow plants, notably crops.

    Most farmers in this region cultivate maize.

    kultivieren, anbauen

    выра́щиватьvyráščivatʹ, вы́раститьvýrastitʹ, культиви́роватьkulʹtivírovatʹ

    культивува́тиkulʹtyvuváty, виро́щуватиvyróščuvaty, ви́роститиvýrostyty

    prepare for crops

  2. (figuratively)To nurture; to foster; to tend.

    They tried to cultivate an interest in learning among their students.

    kultivieren, pflegen

    культиви́роватьkulʹtivírovatʹ

    культивува́тиkulʹtyvuváty

  3. To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting or as a method of weed control between growing crop plants.

    bestellen

    возде́лыватьvozdélyvatʹ, возде́латьvozdélatʹ, обраба́тыватьobrabátyvatʹ

    обробля́тиobrobljáty, оброби́тиobrobýty

Examples

90 sentences

  1. We cultivate rice.

    Ми культивуємо рис. — Walentinio

    ruМы выращиваем рис. — odexed

    deWir bauen Reis an. — mramosch

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  2. We should cultivate our minds by reading good books.

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  3. Rice is cultivated in several parts of the world.

    ruРис выращивают во многих частях света. — marafon

    deReis wird in vielen Teilen der Welt angebaut. — BraveSentry

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  4. He is cultivating roses.

    Він вирощує троянди. — Walentinio

    ruОн выращивает розы. — Squaw

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  5. The newcomers cultivated the immense wilderness.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
grow plants, notably crops:
turn or stir soil in preparation for planting:
Русский
By meaning 2
grow plants, notably crops:
turn or stir soil in preparation for planting:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
grow plants, notably crops:
nurture:
turn or stir soil in preparation for planting:

Origin

From Medieval Latin cultivātus, perfect passive participle of cultivō (“till, cultivate”)

From Medieval Latin cultivātus, perfect passive participle of cultivō (“till, cultivate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more), from cultīvus (“tilled”), from Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“till, cultivate”), which comes from earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πέλω (pélō) and Sanskrit चरति (cárati). The same Proto-Indo-European root also gave Latin in-quil-īnus (“inhabitant”) and anculus (“servant”).

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Forms

cultivates, cultivating, cultivated, cultivated
Base formcultivate · to cultivate
3rd person singularcultivates
Present participlecultivating
Past simplecultivated
Past participlecultivated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycultivate
he, she, itcultivates

Past simpleLesson

all personscultivated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cultivated
he, she, ithas cultivated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cultivate

Synonyms

13 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

13 related words
Relatedcultivationcultivator
Derivedcocultivatecultivablecultivarcultivatablecultivatedmiscultivateovercultivaterecultivatesubcultivateuncultivateuncultivated

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
culpritcultcultivarcultivationculturalB1culturallyB2cultureA1
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