The meaning of Cultivate

noun

A body of people presided over by a judge, judges, or magistrate, and acting as a tribunal in civil and criminal cases.

Usage examples:

She will take the matter to court

verb

Be involved with (someone) romantically, with the intention of marrying.

Usage examples:

He was courting a girl from the neighbouring farm

noun

The place where trials and other legal cases happen

Usage examples:

[ u ] he is bringing charges against us and said, "i’ll see you in court.", [ u ] the newspaper agr…

verb

Break up and move earth with a tool or machine, or with hands, paws, snout, etc.

Usage examples:

The boar had been digging for roots

noun

An act or spell of digging.

Usage examples:

A thorough dig of the whole plot

verb

Turn up, loosen, or remove earth

verb

Give support, confidence, or hope to (someone).

Usage examples:

We were encouraged by the success of this venture

verb

To make someone more likely to do something, or to make something more likely to happen

Usage examples:

[ t + to infinitive ] we were encouraged to learn foreign languages at school., the council is enco…

verb

To talk or behave in a way that gives someone confidence to do something

Usage examples:

Encourage someone in something they've always encouraged me in everything i've wanted to do.

noun

An area of land and its buildings, used for growing crops and rearing animals.

Usage examples:

A farm of 100 acres

verb

Make one's living by growing crops or keeping livestock.

Usage examples:

He has farmed organically for years

noun

An area of land, esp. together with a house and other buildings, used for growing crops or keeping animals

Usage examples:

A cattle/mink farm, [ i/t ] their family has farmed (this land) for three generations.

verb

Cause (an egg, female animal, or plant) to develop a new individual by introducing male reproductive material.

Usage examples:

Biologists knew from studies on a wide range of animals that males compete with other males to fert…

verb

To spread a natural or chemical substance on land in order to make plants grow well

Usage examples:

You have to fertilize your garden.

verb

Encourage the development of (something, especially something desirable).

Usage examples:

The teacher's task is to foster learning

combining form

Denoting someone that has a specified family connection through fostering.

Usage examples:

Foster-parent

noun

A long-handled gardening tool with a thin metal blade, used mainly for weeding.

Usage examples:

Loosen the dry soil with a hoe

verb

Use a hoe to dig (earth) or thin out or dig up (plants).

Usage examples:

We were out in the fields, planting crops and hoeing weeds

noun

Variant spelling of ho1.

noun

Material (such as decaying leaves, bark, or compost) spread around or over a plant to enrich or insulate the soil.

Usage examples:

Cover with shredded bark mulch, straw, hay or evergreen boughs to protect them over the winter.

verb

Treat or cover with mulch.

Usage examples:

The perennials have been cut back and mulched

noun

A covering, esp. of decaying leaves, grass, or plant material, used to keep water in the earth near plants or to protect them from weeds (= unwanted plants)

verb

Care for and protect (someone or something) while they are growing.

Usage examples:

Jarrett was nurtured by his parents in a close-knit family

noun

The action or process of nurturing someone or something.

Usage examples:

The nurture of children

noun

A large farming implement with one or more blades fixed in a frame, drawn over soil to turn it over and cut furrows in preparation for the planting of seeds.

Usage examples:

The strip shape of these plots suggests that they were ploughed with a heavy plough with a fixed mo…

verb

Turn up the earth of (an area of land) with a plough, especially before sowing.

Usage examples:

Uncle vic ploughed his garden

noun

A large farming tool with blades that digs the soil in fields so that seeds can be planted

Usage examples:

These fields have been under the plough for centuries., farmers start ploughing in the spring., we'…

verb

Make (something) ready for use or consideration.

Usage examples:

Prepare a brief summary of the article

verb

Make ready or suitable or equip in advance

verb

To make or get something or someone ready for something that will happen in the future

Usage examples:

[ t ] keane is preparing a film version of the play., [ i ] the southeast prepared for the worst as…

verb

Follow or chase (someone or something).

Usage examples:

The officer pursued the van

verb

Follow in an effort to capture

preposition

Up to (the point in time or the event mentioned); until.

Usage examples:

I went to bed at 8 last night and slept till 6.30

conjunction

Up to the point in time or the event mentioned; until.

Usage examples:

He did not enter the town till it was nearly dark

noun

A cash register or drawer for money in a shop, bank, or restaurant.

Usage examples:

There were queues at the till

verb

Move in a circular direction wholly or partly round an axis or point.

Usage examples:

The big wheel was turning

noun

An act of moving something in a circular direction round an axis or point.

Usage examples:

A safety lock requiring four turns of the key

verb

Move around an axis or a center

noun

Activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result.

Usage examples:

He was tired after a day's work

verb

Be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a result; do work.

Usage examples:

She has been working so hard

combining form

Denoting things or parts made of a specified material or with specified tools.

Usage examples:

Silverwork