meaning of cultivate
1. To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.
2. To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish.
3. To seek the society of; to court intimacy with.
4. To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to; to civilize; to refine.
5. To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing; as, to cultivate corn or grass.
6. adapt a wild plant or unclaimed land to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the
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