cultivate
US: /ˈkəɫtəˌveɪt/
UK: /kˈʌltɪvˌeɪt/
UK: /kˈʌltɪvˌeɪt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
cultivate /'kʌltiveit/
- ngoại động từ
- cày cấy, trồng trọt
- trau dồi, tu dưỡng (trí tuệ...)
- to cultivate the mind: trau dồi trí tuệ
- chuyên tâm, mài miệt nghiên cứu, ham mê (nghệ thuật, khoa học...)
- nuôi dưỡng (tình cảm... đối với ai)
- xới (đất) bằng máy xới
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb [VN]
1 to prepare and use land for growing plants or crops: The land around here has never been cultivated.
2 to grow plants or crops: The people cultivate mainly rice and beans.
3 (sometimes disapproving) to try to get sb's friendship or support: He purposely tried to cultivate good relations with the press. + It helps if you go out of your way to cultivate the local people.
4 to develop an attitude, a way of talking or behaving, etc: She tried to cultivate an air of sophistication.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 till, plough, farm, work:
These lands have been cultivated since time immemorial.
2 grow, raise, tend, produce:
What crops can be cultivated in this climate?
3 develop, promote, further, encourage, foster, advance:
She's been cultivating a friendship with her boss.
4 woo, make advances to, ingratiate oneself with, court, pay court to, curry favour with, Colloq work on, Slang suck up to, butter up, US shine up to; Taboo Slang brown-nose:
He is cultivating Trevor only because he wants something from him.
Collocation dictionary
1 land
ADV.
intensively
The land here has been intensively cultivated for generations.
2 crops
ADV.
successfully
Olives have been cultivated successfully in southern Australia.
3 try to develop sth
ADV.
actively, assiduously, carefully, deliberately
This modern image is actively cultivated by the company.
| successfully
Concise English dictionary
cultivates|cultivated|cultivating'kʌltɪveɪt
verb
+foster the growth of
+prepare for crops
+train to be discriminative in taste or judgment
+adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
