cultivate

IPA: kˈʌɫtʌveɪt

To grow plants, notably crops.
(figurative) To nurture; to foster; to tend.
To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting or as a method of weed control between growing crop plants.

Examples of "cultivate" in Sentences

Coconut is the main crop cultivated in the islands.
It is commonly cultivated in the tropics in the country.
Maize and Weat are the most cultivated crops of the area.
We have none -- none whom we specially cultivate, that is.
Nowadays the main crop cultivated in the city is the sugar cane.
The bark and fruit are similar to the often cultivated Magenta Cherry.
Does higher education in Martha Nussbaum's ringing phrase "cultivate humanity"?
Humanity is to "cultivate" - that is, to create culture out of God's raw materials.
I think probably the most popular habit we writers cultivate is having coffee to hand.
YouTube, copyright, Creative Commons, government works, and the Public Domain – cultivate creativity on Dec 5th at 5pm
And one of the things that I have tried to cultivate is to tell people I do not want them to tell me what they think I want to hear -- and I must say, they have certainly taken that to heart.
A grower in Papparapatti village of Dharmapuri district says with the government's help, he can cultivate from a hectare of trees at least double India's nominal per capita income level of $1030 in 2009.
The chief food of these islanders, besides the gourds and other vegetables which they cultivate, is the white fish, for which the lake is celebrated; and while we were exploring the island, the Indians set off in their canoes to catch some for us.