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cultivate
(encz) | cultivate,kultivovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
cultivate
(encz) | cultivate,obdělávat v: Zdeněk Brož |
cultivate
(encz) | cultivate,obhospodařovat v: Pino |
cultivate
(encz) | cultivate,pěstovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Cultivate
(gcide) | Cultivate \Cul"ti*vate\ (k?l"t?-v?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Cultivated (-v?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Cultivating
(-v?`-t?ng).] [LL. cultivatus, p. p. of cultivare to
cultivate, fr. cultivus cultivated, fr. L. cultus, p. p. of
colere to till, cultivate. Cf. Colony.]
1. To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to
valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate
soil.
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2. To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought
to; to foster; to cherish.
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Leisure . . . to cultivate general literature.
--Wordsworth.
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3. To seek the society of; to court intimacy with.
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I ever looked on Lord Keppel as one of the greatest
and best men of his age; and I loved and cultivated
him accordingly. --Burke.
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4. To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to;
to civilize; to refine.
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To cultivate the wild, licentious savage. --Addison.
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The mind of man hath need to be prepared for piety
and virtue; it must be cultivated to the end.
--Tillotson.
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5. To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing;
as, to cultivate corn or grass.
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cultivate
(wn) | cultivate
v 1: foster the growth of
2: prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"
[syn: cultivate, crop, work]
3: teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment;
"Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She
is well schooled in poetry" [syn: educate, school,
train, cultivate, civilize, civilise]
4: adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment;
"domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" [syn: domesticate,
cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
cultivated
(encz) | cultivated,kultivovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožcultivated,obdělávaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
cultivated cabbage
(encz) | cultivated cabbage, n: |
cultivated carrot
(encz) | cultivated carrot, n: |
cultivated celery
(encz) | cultivated celery, n: |
cultivated crab apple
(encz) | cultivated crab apple, n: |
cultivated land
(encz) | cultivated land, n: |
cultivated parsnip
(encz) | cultivated parsnip, n: |
cultivated plant
(encz) | cultivated plant, n: |
cultivated rice
(encz) | cultivated rice, n: |
cultivated strawberry
(encz) | cultivated strawberry, n: |
overcultivate
(encz) | overcultivate, v: |
uncultivated
(encz) | uncultivated,barbarský adj: Zdeněk Brožuncultivated,nekultivovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožuncultivated,neobdělaný adj: Zdeněk Brožuncultivated,neobdělávaný adj: Zdeněk Brožuncultivated,nepěstovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožuncultivated,zanedbaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Cultivate
(gcide) | Cultivate \Cul"ti*vate\ (k?l"t?-v?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Cultivated (-v?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Cultivating
(-v?`-t?ng).] [LL. cultivatus, p. p. of cultivare to
cultivate, fr. cultivus cultivated, fr. L. cultus, p. p. of
colere to till, cultivate. Cf. Colony.]
1. To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to
valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate
soil.
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2. To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought
to; to foster; to cherish.
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Leisure . . . to cultivate general literature.
--Wordsworth.
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3. To seek the society of; to court intimacy with.
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I ever looked on Lord Keppel as one of the greatest
and best men of his age; and I loved and cultivated
him accordingly. --Burke.
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4. To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to;
to civilize; to refine.
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To cultivate the wild, licentious savage. --Addison.
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The mind of man hath need to be prepared for piety
and virtue; it must be cultivated to the end.
--Tillotson.
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5. To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing;
as, to cultivate corn or grass.
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cultivated
(gcide) | cultivated \cultivated\ adj.
1. marked by refinement in taste and manners; as, cultivated
tastes in art.
Syn: civilized, cultured, genteel, polite.
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2. used for raising crops; -- of land or soil.
[WordNet 1.5]Cultivate \Cul"ti*vate\ (k?l"t?-v?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Cultivated (-v?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Cultivating
(-v?`-t?ng).] [LL. cultivatus, p. p. of cultivare to
cultivate, fr. cultivus cultivated, fr. L. cultus, p. p. of
colere to till, cultivate. Cf. Colony.]
1. To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to
valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate
soil.
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2. To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought
to; to foster; to cherish.
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Leisure . . . to cultivate general literature.
--Wordsworth.
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3. To seek the society of; to court intimacy with.
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I ever looked on Lord Keppel as one of the greatest
and best men of his age; and I loved and cultivated
him accordingly. --Burke.
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4. To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to;
to civilize; to refine.
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To cultivate the wild, licentious savage. --Addison.
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The mind of man hath need to be prepared for piety
and virtue; it must be cultivated to the end.
--Tillotson.
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5. To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing;
as, to cultivate corn or grass.
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Cultivated
(gcide) | cultivated \cultivated\ adj.
1. marked by refinement in taste and manners; as, cultivated
tastes in art.
Syn: civilized, cultured, genteel, polite.
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2. used for raising crops; -- of land or soil.
[WordNet 1.5]Cultivate \Cul"ti*vate\ (k?l"t?-v?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Cultivated (-v?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Cultivating
(-v?`-t?ng).] [LL. cultivatus, p. p. of cultivare to
cultivate, fr. cultivus cultivated, fr. L. cultus, p. p. of
colere to till, cultivate. Cf. Colony.]
1. To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to
valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate
soil.
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2. To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought
to; to foster; to cherish.
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Leisure . . . to cultivate general literature.
--Wordsworth.
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3. To seek the society of; to court intimacy with.
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I ever looked on Lord Keppel as one of the greatest
and best men of his age; and I loved and cultivated
him accordingly. --Burke.
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4. To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to;
to civilize; to refine.
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To cultivate the wild, licentious savage. --Addison.
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The mind of man hath need to be prepared for piety
and virtue; it must be cultivated to the end.
--Tillotson.
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5. To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing;
as, to cultivate corn or grass.
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Incultivated
(gcide) | Incultivated \In*cul"ti*va`ted\, a.
Uncultivated. [Obs.] --Sir T. Herbert.
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lowbrow uncultivated
(gcide) | nonintellectual \nonintellectual\ adj.
not intellectual. Opposite of intellectual. [Narrower
terms: anti-intellectual, philistine; {lowbrow,
uncultivated ] Also See unscholarly.
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Uncultivated
(gcide) | Uncultivated \Uncultivated\
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cultivated
(wn) | cultivated
adj 1: (of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing
or fertilizing; "cultivated land" [ant: uncultivated]
2: no longer in the natural state; developed by human care and
for human use; "cultivated roses"; "cultivated blackberries"
3: marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated
speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel
old lady"; "polite society" [syn: civilized, civilised,
cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite] |
cultivated cabbage
(wn) | cultivated cabbage
n 1: any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea
grown for their edible leaves or flowers [syn: cabbage,
cultivated cabbage, Brassica oleracea] |
cultivated carrot
(wn) | cultivated carrot
n 1: perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many
varieties for its long conical orange edible roots;
temperate and tropical regions [syn: carrot, {cultivated
carrot}, Daucus carota sativa] |
cultivated celery
(wn) | cultivated celery
n 1: widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are
eaten raw or cooked [syn: celery, cultivated celery,
Apium graveolens dulce] |
cultivated crab apple
(wn) | cultivated crab apple
n 1: any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for
their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for
preserves or as ornamentals for their blossoms [syn: {crab
apple}, crabapple, cultivated crab apple] |
cultivated land
(wn) | cultivated land
n 1: arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and
raising crops [syn: cultivated land, farmland,
plowland, ploughland, tilled land, tillage,
tilth] |
cultivated parsnip
(wn) | cultivated parsnip
n 1: European biennial having a long fusiform root that has been
made palatable through cultivation |
cultivated plant
(wn) | cultivated plant
n 1: plants that are grown for their produce [ant: weed] |
cultivated rice
(wn) | cultivated rice
n 1: yields the staple food of 50 percent of world's population
[syn: cultivated rice, Oryza sativa] |
cultivated strawberry
(wn) | cultivated strawberry
n 1: widely cultivated [syn: garden strawberry, {cultivated
strawberry}, Fragaria ananassa] |
overcultivate
(wn) | overcultivate
v 1: to exhaust by excessive cultivation; "the farmers
overcropped the land" [syn: overcrop, overcultivate] |
uncultivated
(wn) | uncultivated
adj 1: (of land or fields) not prepared for raising crops;
"uncultivated land" [ant: cultivated]
2: (of persons) lacking art or knowledge [syn: artless,
uncultivated, uncultured]
3: characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not
have intellectual tastes; "lowbrow tastes" [syn: lowbrow,
lowbrowed, uncultivated] |
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