Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - cultivate
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Cultivate
cultivate
~ v 1 to prepare and use land for growing crops and plants (Some of the land would be impossible to cultivate.) 2 to develop a particular skill or quality in yourself (The company have been successful in cultivating a very professional image.) 3 to make an effort to develop a friendly relationship with someone because you want something from them (Professor Gladwyn would be an acquaintance worth cultivating.)
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(cultivates, cultivating, cultivated) 1. If you cultivate land or crops, you prepare land and grow crops on it. She also cultivated a small garden of her own. ...the few patches of cultivated land. VERB: V n, V-ed • cultivation ...the cultivation of fruits and vegetables... Farmers with many acres under cultivation profited. N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp, prep N 2. If you cultivate an attitude, image, or skill, you try hard to develop it and make it stronger or better. Cultivating a positive mental attitude towards yourself can reap tremendous benefits. VERB: V n • cultivation ...the cultivation of a positive approach to life and health. N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n 3. If you cultivate someone or cultivate a friendship with them, you try hard to develop a friendship with them. Howe carefully cultivated Daniel C. Roper, the Assistant Postmaster General... Estonia has done much to cultivate the friendship of western European countries. VERB: V n, V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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transitive verb (-vated; -vating) Etymology: Medieval Latin cultivatus, past participle of cultivare, from cultivus cultivable, from Latin cultus, past participle of colere Date: circa 1655 1. to prepare or prepare and use for the raising of crops; also to loosen or break up the soil about (growing plants) 2. a. to foster the growth of ~ vegetables b. culture 2a c. to improve by labor, care, or study ; refine ~ the mind 3. further, encourage ~ the arts 4. to seek the society of ; make friends with • cultivatable adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 a prepare and use (soil etc.) for crops or gardening. b break up (the ground) with a cultivator. 2 a raise or produce (crops). b culture (bacteria etc.). 3 a (often as cultivated adj.) apply oneself to improving or developing (the mind, manners, etc.). b pay attention to or nurture (a person or a person's friendship). Derivatives cultivable adj. cultivatable adj. cultivation n. Etymology: med.L cultivare f. cultiva (terra) arable (land) (as CULT) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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гл. обрабатывать, возделывать; культивировать - cultivate the land - cultivated crop - cultivated land - cultivated plants CULTIVATE развивать, совершенствовать ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. пахать, обрабатывать, возделывать 2. выращивать, разводить 3. культивировать (землю, растения) 4. развивать, улучшать, совершенствовать to cultivate the mind —- развивать ум to cultivate love of art —- прививать любовь к искусству to cultivate medicine —- поощрять развитие медицины writers who cultivate style —- авторы, которые работают над стилем 5. искать дружбы, дружить cultivate smb.'s friendship —- добиваться дружбы с кем-л. he always tries to cultivate people who are useful to him professionally —- он всегда старается сблизиться с людьми, которые могут быть ему полезны в работе ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) обрабатывать, возделывать 2) agric. культивировать (почву, растения) 3) развивать, культивировать to cultivate the acquaintance of smb. - ценить, стараться поддерживать знакомство с кем-л. ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1620, from M.L. cultivatus, pp. of cultivare, from L.L. cultivus "tilled," from L. cultus (see cult). Figurative sense of "improve by training or education" is from 1681. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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