cultivate

Meaning

to grow crops or plants; to develop or improve something

to prepare and use land for crops; to develop a quality or relationship

Example Sentences

Farmers cultivate rice in the paddy fields.

Farmers cultivate the land to grow rice.

Example Expressions

cultivate friendship

Synonyms

grow, develop, foster, nurture, promote

Entry 1

grow, develop, foster, nurture

Entry 2

grow, nurture, develop, foster, promote

Antonyms

neglect, abandon, destroy

Entry 1

neglect, abandon, destroy

Entry 2

neglect, abandon

Collocations

cultivate carefully, cultivate successfully, cultivate organically, cultivate extensively, cultivate relationships, cultivate land, cultivate crops, cultivate skills, cultivate habits

Entry 1

cultivate carefully, cultivate successfully, cultivate organically, cultivate extensively, cultivate relationships

Entry 2

cultivate land, cultivate crops, cultivate skills, cultivate habits