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cultivated

[kuhl-tuh-vey-tid]

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adjective

prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.

produced or improved by cultivation, as a plant.

educated; refined; cultured: cultivated tastes.

Origin:
1655–65; cultivate + -ed²

Related forms

mis·cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective

non·cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective

pseu·do·cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective

qua·si-cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective

sem·i·cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective

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su·per·cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective

un·cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective

well-cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective

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Can be confused: cultivated, cultured.

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Example Sentences

Whether cultivated truffles taste as good as wild, as many growers say, is a matter of debate.

And clearly as a lit prof, new interests can only be cultivated through books.

In many cases, those poisons have persisted into the cultivated varieties, albeit at lower levels.

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Whether cultivated truffles taste as good as wild, as many growers say, is a matter of debate.

And clearly as a lit prof, new interests can only be cultivated through books.

In many cases, those poisons have persisted into the cultivated varieties, albeit at lower levels.

Weeds are nothing more than plants that take advantage of unused resources in areas cultivated by humans.

It seems that biodiversity on organic land is far higher than in traditionally cultivated soils.

Bananas have been cultivated for thousands of years.

Fall is a great time to enjoy the woodsy, earthy flavors of mushrooms, both wild and cultivated.

Meanwhile, farms often flood as tropical downpours wash mud waves from deforested hillsides into cultivated fields.

Talleyrand cultivated the art of writing short letters.

Mentor lauds them, and if you are one, you are a rare breed that should be honored and cultivated.

Fewer fields are now cultivated and yields are down.

Varied: mixed cultivated and wooded areas, and brushlands.

The culture of coffee has been carefully cultivated to ensure maximum reach.

Community gardens are cultivated with the help of local business sponsors and volunteers.

T hese graceful shrubs with arching branches are cultivated for their pleasing fruit display.

Swenson has cultivated many long-lasting friendships in her long career.

Spelt, an ancestor of modern wheat, is still cultivated for its nutty flavor and high fiber content.

But the long-term benefit is that those middle donors who are cultivated now may become leaders in campaigns later.

Yet now, his carefully cultivated image as a sober and dependable father-figure is winning many minds.

Evidence of plant domestication is debated, but wild grains were cultivated.

Also, seed distribution from cultivated fields to distant locales should also include native animals.

In cultivated gardens, give them fast drainage and avoid overly wet conditions.

He and his friends are being cultivated for their organs.

Most cultivated plants lack resistance to the disease and efforts to breed in resistance have met with limited success, she said.

Relationships between professors and students are cultivated because of the power inherent in the position.

It sucks the blood of both wild and cultivated bees, and has now become immune to pesticides.

It had more than doubled its cultivated land, to a million acres.

These graceful shrubs with arching branches are cultivated for their pleasing fruit display.

The center was a kind of greenhouse where researchers cultivated the communications potential of new technologies.

But the cultivated anonymity of the twins died with them.

He has cultivated trade union leaders as well as state governors from all three of the main parties.

Any fuel that is cultivated and used in a sustainable loop adds no carbon to the atmosphere.

Suckering habit can be problem in rainy climates or highly cultivated gardens.

The beach gives way to intensively cultivated farmland.

Yet, endod has never been cultivated commercially to increase its crop of berries.

He has cultivated a strong artistic persona that takes his art beyond the narrow confines of the art world.

Today's cultivated varieties serve up tomatoes that are a thousand times larger.

Useful tree for mini-oasis or transition between cultivated garden and native desert.

The party, which has always cultivated a reputation for ethical cleanliness, is suddenly tainted by scandal.

Expanding land use will necessarily lower average yields as less productive land is cultivated.

Some cultivated escapees also interbreed with the native fish, reducing the ability of their offspring.

The findings indicate that stem cells cultivated from adult blood may resist change more strongly than previously thought.

If you go to the right venues you'll have no problem meeting the wealthier, well travelled, more cultivated sort.

Small, thin-skinned varieties are generally cultivated for consumption while the carving pumpkins are fairly bland.

The first stem cells were cultivated on a layer of feeder cells that provided them the right kind of surface to grow.

Kelly cultivated a taste for the chivalry and silk handkerchiefs of his parents'.

It does help for networking, if you have cultivated some professional connections with professors in your field there.

One problem has to do with the way human embryonic stem cells are cultivated in a test tube.

The upper part of the valley is well peopled, and many of the hills are cultivated high.

The work cultivated in her a kind of physical empathy for others.

These grow naturally and are cultivated in the countryside.

Haddad cultivated an image as an angry young man with vague.

The campus cultivated a system where all students needed to do was to complain and they got their way.

It's not the earthly delights of carefully cultivated varietals and nuanced terroir that concern me today.

Changing which crops are cultivated in these areas could help populations cope with climate change, the authors argue.

Instead they began to sell elephant hunts and their population defended and cultivated their herds instead of poaching them.

Obviously, there's the coppery tan that he has cultivated to perfection.

Non-food aid is more about expertise than resources, and this needs to be cultivated in the developing world.

But all the minor varieties of cultivated banana are essentially sterile, genetically uniform clones.

Most people prefer to wear that which grows spon taueously upon their own heads to that cultivated by anybody else.

Western countries cultivated dictators in the middle east to secure oil supply.

Love is cultivated and earned over time, after sharing life with each other and bonding closer and closer.

He cultivated a prolific garden of vegetables and herbs, kept bees, and maintained a menagerie of farm animals.

She cultivated tabloid journalists, even as she visibly suffered from the attentions of an intrusive press.

Some also live in cultivated areas such as orchards.

The earliest agricultural communities emerged where crops could be cultivated with dependable rainfall and perennial rivers.

She has unusual natural gifts, which have been well cultivated.

Workers use tweezers and scalpels to perform implantation for cultivated pearls.

He painstakingly sought out and cultivated relationships with the.

Harron cultivated and expanded the cable and broadcasting business of.

We've cultivated a taste for manicured pastures as well as lawns.

It is also essential to cover the ground around cultivated plants to be sure their roots and the soil are kept cool.

Montgomery toss brittle witticisms with the cultivated ease of real worldlings.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

verb (used with object), -vat·ed, -vat·ing.

to prepare and work on (land) in order to raise crops; till.

to use a cultivator on.

to promote or improve the growth of (a plant, crop, etc.) by labor and attention.

to produce by culture: to cultivate a strain of bacteria.

to develop or improve by education or training; train; refine: to cultivate a singing voice.

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to promote the growth or development of (an art, science, etc.); foster.

to devote oneself to (an art, science, etc.).

to seek to promote or foster (friendship, love, etc.).

to seek the acquaintance or friendship of (a person).

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Origin:
1610–20; < Medieval Latin cultīvātus (past participle of cultīvāre to till), equivalent to cultīv(us) (Latin cult(us), past participle of colere to care for, till (compare cult) + -īvus -ive) + -ātus -ate¹

Related forms

o·ver·cul·ti·vate, verb (used with object), -vat·ed, -vat·ing.

pre·cul·ti·vate, verb (used with object), -vat·ed, -vat·ing.

re·cul·ti·vate, verb (used with object), -vat·ed, -vat·ing.

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World English Dictionary

cultivated (ˈkʌltɪˌveɪtɪd)

—*adj*
1.	cultured, refined, or educated
2.	(of land or soil)
	a. subjected to tillage or cultivation
	b. tilled and broken up
3.	(of plants) specially bred or improved by cultivation

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Word Origin & History

cultivate

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 1680s.

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