cultivate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
foster the growth of
Types & categories
- farm hyponym
Related & opposite
- cultivation derivation
- cultivator derivation
- cultivation derivation
- farming domain topic
Sense 2 verb
prepare for crops
Work the soil
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- cultivation derivation
- cultivator derivation
- harvest derivation
- farming domain topic
- knead verb group
Sense 3 verb
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
Cultivate your musical taste
Types & categories
- fine-tune hypernym
- sophisticate hyponym
Related & opposite
- civilization derivation
- breeding derivation
- refinement derivation
Sense 4 verb
adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
domesticate oats
Types & categories
- adapt hypernym
Related & opposite
- naturalization derivation
- naturalization derivation
- plant life domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cultivation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cultivator |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cultivation |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | farming |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | farm |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cultivation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cultivator |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | harvest |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | farming |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | knead |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | prepare |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | overcrop |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | civilization |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | breeding |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | refinement |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | fine-tune |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sophisticate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | naturalization |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | naturalization |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | plant life |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | adapt |