Cultivate
[v] adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
[v] prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"
[v] foster the growth of
[v] train to be discriminative; as of taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
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Synonyms
civilise, civilize, crop, domesticate, educate, naturalise, naturalize, school, tame, train, work
Related Terms
advance, ameliorate, apprentice, approach, backset, beautify, better, break, break in, break the ice, breed, bring up, brown-nose, butter up, care for, carve, cherish, chisel, coddle, condition, convert, cosset, court, courteous, cradle, crop, cultivated,