- cultivate land
- work land, farm, grow crops
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
cultivate land
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cultivate — [v1] develop land for growing breed, crop, dress, farm, fertilize, garden, harvest, labor, manage, mature, plant, plow, prepare, propagate, raise, ripen, seed, tend, till, work; concepts 253,257 Ant. destroy, ignore, neglect cultivate [v2] enrich … New thesaurus
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cultivate — ► VERB 1) prepare and use (land) for crops or gardening. 2) raise or grow (plants or crops). 3) grow or maintain (living cells or tissue) in an artificial medium containing nutrients. 4) try to acquire or develop (a quality or skill). 5) try to… … English terms dictionary
cultivate — 01. They [cultivate] grapes for making excellent wine in many parts of the Okanagan. 02. It is the job of a parent to [cultivate] a sense of self confidence in children. 03. Boris Yeltsin [cultivated] Vladimir Putin as his successor as the leader … Grammatical examples in English
land — I n. soil ground 1) to clear land (to clear land of trees and brush) 2) to cultivate; irrigate; redistribute land 3) arable; barren; fertile; grazing; marginal land 4) private; public land 5) a plot of land solid surface of the earth 6) to raise … Combinatory dictionary
cultivate — cul|ti|vate [ˈkʌltıveıt] v [T] [Date: 1600 1700; : Medieval Latin; Origin: , past participle of cultivare, from cultivus used for crops , from Latin cultus, past participle of colere to cultivate ] 1.) to prepare and use land for growing crops… … Dictionary of contemporary English
