"cultivate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈkʌltɪveɪt/ Audio: en-us-cultivate.ogg [US] Forms: cultivates [present, singular, third-person], cultivating [participle, present], cultivated [participle, past], cultivated [past]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin cultivātus, perfect passive participle of cultivō (“till, cultivate”), from cultīvus (“tilled”), from Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“till, cultivate”), which comes from earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πέλω (pélō) and Sanskrit चरति (cárati). The same Proto-Indo-European root also gave Latin in-quil-īnus (“inhabitant”) and anculus (“servant”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*kʷel-}}, {{der|en|ML.|cultivātus}} Medieval Latin cultivātus, {{m|la|cultivō|t=till, cultivate}} cultivō (“till, cultivate”), {{m|la|cultīvus|t=tilled}} cultīvus (“tilled”), {{der|en|la|cultus}} Latin cultus, {{m|la|colō|t=till, cultivate}} colō (“till, cultivate”), {{m|la||*quelō}} *quelō, {{der|en|ine-pro|*kʷel-|t=to move; to turn (around)}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”), {{cog|grc|πέλω}} Ancient Greek πέλω (pélō), {{cog|sa|चरति|tr=cárati}} Sanskrit चरति (cárati), {{cog|la|inquilinus|in-quil-īnus|t=inhabitant}} Latin in-quil-īnus (“inhabitant”), {{m|la|anculus|t=servant}} anculus (“servant”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} cultivate (third-person singular simple present cultivates, present participle cultivating, simple past and past participle cultivated)
  1. To grow plants, notably crops. Translations (grow plants, notably crops): yetişdirmək (Azerbaijani), yetirmək (Azerbaijani), bozartmaq (Azerbaijani), becərmək (Azerbaijani), отглеждам (otgleždam) (Bulgarian), conrear (Catalan), cultivar (Catalan), کشتوکاڵ کردن (kiştukall kirdin) (Central Kurdish), 耕種 (Chinese Mandarin), 耕种 (gēngzhòng) (Chinese Mandarin), 種植 (Chinese Mandarin), 种植 (zhòngzhí) (Chinese Mandarin), obdělávat (Czech), dyrke (Danish), telen (Dutch), verbouwen (Dutch), viljellä (Finnish), cultiver (French), cultivar (Galician), traballar (Galician), kultivieren (German), anbauen (German), termeszt (Hungarian), tenyészt (Hungarian), szaporít (Hungarian), cultivar (Interlingua), coltivare (Italian), 栽培する (saibai suru) (alt: さいばいする) (Japanese), mangambul (Kapampangan), ធ្វើកសិកម្ម (tvəə ka’se’kam) (Khmer), 갈다 (galda) (Korean), colō (Latin), одгле́дува (odgléduva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), о́дгледа (ódgleda) [perfective] (Macedonian), whakatupu (Maori), tāmata (Maori), ulima (Ngazidja Comorian), tchultiver [Jersey] (Norman), kultivere (Norwegian Bokmål), dyrke (Norwegian Bokmål), kultywować [imperfective] (Polish), uprawiać [imperfective] (Polish), uprawić [perfective] (Polish), cultivar (Portuguese), plantar (Portuguese), выра́щивать (vyráščivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́растить (výrastitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), культиви́ровать (kulʹtivírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), àitich (Scottish Gaelic), cultivar (Spanish), odla (Swedish), культивува́ти (kulʹtyvuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian), виро́щувати (vyróščuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), ви́ростити (výrostyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), cı nayen (Zazaki), cı resnen (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-cultivate-en-verb-en:grow_plants__especially_crops Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 31 10 Disambiguation of 'grow plants, notably crops': 88 6 6
  2. (figurative) To nurture; to foster; to tend. Tags: figuratively Translations (nurture): bəsləmək (Azerbaijani), подхранвам (podhranvam) (Bulgarian), conrear (Catalan), 培育 (péiyù) (Chinese Mandarin), 培養 (Chinese Mandarin), 培养 (péiyǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), pleje (Danish), cultiveren (Dutch), verzorgen (Dutch), herättää (Finnish), cultiver (French), kultivieren (German), pflegen (German), טיפח (tipéakh) (Hebrew), ápol (Hungarian), tart (Hungarian), űz (Hungarian), kultivál (Hungarian), művel (Hungarian), gyakorol (Hungarian), fejleszt (Hungarian), csiszol (Hungarian), palléroz (Hungarian), coltivare (Italian), 養う (yashinau) (alt: やしなう) (Japanese), ចម្រើនលូតលាស់ (jɑɑmraən luut loah) (Khmer), 갈고닦다 (galgodakda) (Korean), 연마하다 (yeonmahada) (Korean), colō (Latin), пре́несе (prénese) [perfective] (Macedonian), прене́сува (prenésuva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), tchultiver [Jersey] (Norman), dyrke (Norwegian Bokmål), pielęgnować [imperfective] (Polish), cultivar (Portuguese), alimentar (Portuguese), культиви́ровать (kulʹtivírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), культивува́ти (kulʹtyvuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian), wari kerden (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-cultivate-en-verb-en:nurture__foster__tend Disambiguation of 'nurture': 12 86 2
  3. To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting or as a method of weed control between growing crop plants. Translations (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting): обработвам (obrabotvam) (Bulgarian), култивирам (kultiviram) (Bulgarian), 耕種 (Chinese Mandarin), 耕种 (gēngzhòng) (Chinese Mandarin), 種植 (Chinese Mandarin), 种植 (zhòngzhí) (Chinese Mandarin), bewerken (Dutch), muokata (Finnish), (to plough) kyntää (Finnish), (to harrow) äestää (Finnish), cultiver (French), bestellen (German), עיבד (ibéd) (Hebrew), művel (Hungarian), rómhair (Irish), coltivare (Italian), 耕す (tagayasu) (alt: たがやす) (Japanese), 耕作する (kōsaku suru) (alt: こうさくする) (Japanese), 갈다 (galda) (Korean), обрабо́тува (obrabótuva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), обра́боти (obráboti) [perfective] (Macedonian), pako (Maori), pāpako (Maori), tāmata (Maori), tchultiver [Jersey] (Norman), dyrke (Norwegian Bokmål), kultywować [imperfective] (Polish), obrabiać [imperfective] (Polish), obrobić [perfective] (Polish), lavrar (Portuguese), возде́лывать (vozdélyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), возде́лать (vozdélatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), обраба́тывать (obrabátyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), обрабо́тать (obrabótatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), обробля́ти (obrobljáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), оброби́ти (obrobýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), resnayen (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-cultivate-en-verb-en:turn_or_stir_soil Disambiguation of 'turn or stir soil in preparation for planting': 4 2 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cultivable, cultivar, cultivated, cultivation, cultivator, uncultivated

Inflected forms

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          "word": "種植"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
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          "word": "obdělávat"
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          "word": "dyrke"
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          "word": "telen"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "word": "viljellä"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "word": "cultiver"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "word": "cultivar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 6 6",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "word": "traballar"
        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "word": "kultivieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 6 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "word": "anbauen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 6 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "word": "termeszt"
        },
        {
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "word": "tenyészt"
        },
        {
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "word": "szaporít"
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          "code": "ia",
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          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "word": "coltivare"
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        {
          "_dis1": "88 6 6",
          "alt": "さいばいする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "saibai suru",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "word": "栽培する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 6 6",
          "code": "pam",
          "lang": "Kapampangan",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "word": "mangambul"
        },
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          "_dis1": "88 6 6",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "tvəə ka’se’kam",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "word": "ធ្វើកសិកម្ម"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 6 6",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "galda",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "word": "갈다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 6 6",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "kiştukall kirdin",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "word": "کشتوکاڵ کردن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 6 6",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "word": "colō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 6 6",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "odgléduva",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "одгле́дува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 6 6",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ódgleda",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "о́дгледа"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 6 6",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "word": "whakatupu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 6 6",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "word": "tāmata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 6 6",
          "code": "zdj",
          "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "word": "ulima"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 6 6",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "tags": [
            "Jersey"
          ],
          "word": "tchultiver"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 6 6",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "word": "kultivere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 6 6",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "word": "dyrke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 6 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "kultywować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 6 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "uprawiać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 6 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "uprawić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 6 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "word": "cultivar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 6 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "word": "plantar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 6 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vyráščivatʹ",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "выра́щивать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 6 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "výrastitʹ",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "вы́растить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 6 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kulʹtivírovatʹ",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "культиви́ровать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 6 6",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "word": "àitich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 6 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "word": "cultivar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 6 6",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "word": "odla"
        },
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          "_dis1": "88 6 6",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kulʹtyvuváty",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "культивува́ти"
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          "roman": "vyróščuvaty",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "виро́щувати"
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          "roman": "výrostyty",
          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ви́ростити"
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          "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
          "word": "cı nayen"
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          "_dis1": "88 6 6",
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          "text": "They tried to cultivate an interest in learning among their students.",
          "type": "example"
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          "ref": "2021 June 7, Mark Landler, “As a Tense Summer Looms, Northern Ireland Braces”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "[…] after four years in which President Donald J. Trump had cultivated Mr. Johnson and expressed sympathy for Britain in its bitter divorce with the European Union.",
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          "word": "bəsləmək"
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          "word": "подхранвам"
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "nurture",
          "word": "conrear"
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          "roman": "péiyù",
          "sense": "nurture",
          "word": "培育"
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          "_dis1": "12 86 2",
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          "word": "培養"
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        {
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          "sense": "nurture",
          "word": "培养"
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          "sense": "nurture",
          "word": "pleje"
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        {
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "nurture",
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          "word": "herättää"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "nurture",
          "word": "kultivieren"
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 86 2",
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          "sense": "nurture",
          "word": "pflegen"
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          "sense": "nurture",
          "word": "טיפח"
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          "_dis1": "12 86 2",
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          "sense": "nurture",
          "word": "ápol"
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 86 2",
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          "sense": "nurture",
          "word": "tart"
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 86 2",
          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "nurture",
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 86 2",
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 86 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "nurture",
          "word": "művel"
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 86 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "nurture",
          "word": "gyakorol"
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 86 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "nurture",
          "word": "fejleszt"
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 86 2",
          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "nurture",
          "word": "csiszol"
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 86 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "nurture",
          "word": "palléroz"
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          "sense": "nurture",
          "word": "coltivare"
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          "sense": "nurture",
          "word": "養う"
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          "sense": "nurture",
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          "sense": "nurture",
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          "_dis1": "12 86 2",
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          "sense": "nurture",
          "word": "연마하다"
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          "sense": "nurture",
          "word": "colō"
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          "_dis1": "12 86 2",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          "sense": "nurture",
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          "roman": "prenésuva",
          "sense": "nurture",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "12 86 2",
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          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "nurture",
          "word": "dyrke"
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          "_dis1": "12 86 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "nurture",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "pielęgnować"
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 86 2",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "nurture",
          "word": "cultivar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 86 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "nurture",
          "word": "alimentar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 86 2",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kulʹtivírovatʹ",
          "sense": "nurture",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "культиви́ровать"
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 86 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kulʹtyvuváty",
          "sense": "nurture",
          "tags": [
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            "perfective"
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          "word": "культивува́ти"
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          "sense": "nurture",
          "word": "wari kerden"
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          "_dis1": "4 2 95",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "obrabotvam",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "word": "обработвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 95",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "kultiviram",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "word": "култивирам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 95",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "word": "耕種"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 95",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gēngzhòng",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "word": "耕种"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 95",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "word": "種植"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 95",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhòngzhí",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "word": "种植"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 95",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "word": "bewerken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 95",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "word": "muokata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 95",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "word": "(to plough) kyntää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 95",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "word": "(to harrow) äestää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 95",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "word": "cultiver"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 95",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "word": "bestellen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 95",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "ibéd",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "word": "עיבד"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 95",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "word": "művel"
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 95",
          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "word": "rómhair"
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        {
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "word": "coltivare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 95",
          "alt": "たがやす",
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          "roman": "tagayasu",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "word": "耕す"
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        {
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          "alt": "こうさくする",
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          "roman": "kōsaku suru",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "word": "耕作する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 95",
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "galda",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "word": "갈다"
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        {
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          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "обрабо́тува"
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        {
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          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "обра́боти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 95",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "word": "pako"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 95",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "word": "pāpako"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 95",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "word": "tāmata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 95",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "tags": [
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        {
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "word": "dyrke"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 2 95",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "kultywować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 95",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "obrabiać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 95",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "obrobić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 95",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "word": "lavrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 95",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vozdélyvatʹ",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "возде́лывать"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 2 95",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vozdélatʹ",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "возде́лать"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obrabátyvatʹ",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "обраба́тывать"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obrabótatʹ",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "обрабо́тать"
        },
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          "roman": "obrobljáty",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "обробля́ти"
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          "_dis1": "4 2 95",
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          "roman": "obrobýty",
          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "оброби́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 95",
          "code": "zza",
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          "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
          "word": "resnayen"
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "inquilinus",
        "3": "in-quil-īnus",
        "t": "inhabitant"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin in-quil-īnus (“inhabitant”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "anculus",
        "t": "servant"
      },
      "expansion": "anculus (“servant”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Medieval Latin cultivātus, perfect passive participle of cultivō (“till, cultivate”), from cultīvus (“tilled”), from Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“till, cultivate”), which comes from earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πέλω (pélō) and Sanskrit चरति (cárati). The same Proto-Indo-European root also gave Latin in-quil-īnus (“inhabitant”) and anculus (“servant”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cultivates",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultivating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultivated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cultivated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cultivate (third-person singular simple present cultivates, present participle cultivating, simple past and past participle cultivated)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "cul‧ti‧vate"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Most farmers in this region cultivate maize.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To grow plants, notably crops."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grow",
          "grow"
        ],
        [
          "plants",
          "plants"
        ],
        [
          "crop",
          "crop"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:grow plants, especially crops"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They tried to cultivate an interest in learning among their students.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 June 7, Mark Landler, “As a Tense Summer Looms, Northern Ireland Braces”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "[…] after four years in which President Donald J. Trump had cultivated Mr. Johnson and expressed sympathy for Britain in its bitter divorce with the European Union.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To nurture; to foster; to tend."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nurture",
          "nurture"
        ],
        [
          "foster",
          "foster"
        ],
        [
          "tend",
          "tend"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) To nurture; to foster; to tend."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:nurture, foster, tend"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting or as a method of weed control between growing crop plants."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "turn",
          "turn"
        ],
        [
          "stir",
          "stir"
        ],
        [
          "soil",
          "soil"
        ],
        [
          "planting",
          "plant#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "weed",
          "weed"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:turn or stir soil"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʌltɪveɪt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-cultivate.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/79/En-us-cultivate.ogg/En-us-cultivate.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/En-us-cultivate.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "yetişdirmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "yetirmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "bozartmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "becərmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otgleždam",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "отглеждам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "conrear"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "cultivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "耕種"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gēngzhòng",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "耕种"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "種植"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhòngzhí",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "种植"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "obdělávat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "dyrke"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "telen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "verbouwen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "viljellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "cultiver"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "cultivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "traballar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "kultivieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "anbauen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "termeszt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "tenyészt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "szaporít"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "cultivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "coltivare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さいばいする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "saibai suru",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "栽培する"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "mangambul"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "tvəə ka’se’kam",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "ធ្វើកសិកម្ម"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "galda",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "갈다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "kiştukall kirdin",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "کشتوکاڵ کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "colō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "odgléduva",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "одгле́дува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ódgleda",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "о́дгледа"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "whakatupu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "tāmata"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "ulima"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey"
      ],
      "word": "tchultiver"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "kultivere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "dyrke"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "kultywować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "uprawiać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "uprawić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "cultivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "plantar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vyráščivatʹ",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "выра́щивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výrastitʹ",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вы́растить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kulʹtivírovatʹ",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "культиви́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "àitich"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "cultivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "odla"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kulʹtyvuváty",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "культивува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vyróščuvaty",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "виро́щувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výrostyty",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ви́ростити"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "cı nayen"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "grow plants, notably crops",
      "word": "cı resnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "bəsləmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podhranvam",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "подхранвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "conrear"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "péiyù",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "培育"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "培養"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "péiyǎng",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "培养"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "pleje"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "cultiveren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "verzorgen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "herättää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "cultiver"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "kultivieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "pflegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tipéakh",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "טיפח"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "ápol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "tart"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "űz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "kultivál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "művel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "gyakorol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "fejleszt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "csiszol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "palléroz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "coltivare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "やしなう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yashinau",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "養う"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "jɑɑmraən luut loah",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "ចម្រើនលូតលាស់"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "galgodakda",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "갈고닦다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yeonmahada",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "연마하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "colō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "prénese",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "пре́несе"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "prenésuva",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "прене́сува"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey"
      ],
      "word": "tchultiver"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "dyrke"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "pielęgnować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "cultivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "alimentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kulʹtivírovatʹ",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "культиви́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kulʹtyvuváty",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "культивува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "nurture",
      "word": "wari kerden"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obrabotvam",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "word": "обработвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kultiviram",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "word": "култивирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "word": "耕種"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gēngzhòng",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "word": "耕种"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "word": "種植"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhòngzhí",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "word": "种植"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "word": "bewerken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "word": "muokata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "word": "(to plough) kyntää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "word": "(to harrow) äestää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "word": "cultiver"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "word": "bestellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ibéd",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "word": "עיבד"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "word": "művel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "word": "rómhair"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "word": "coltivare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たがやす",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tagayasu",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "word": "耕す"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうさくする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōsaku suru",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "word": "耕作する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "galda",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "word": "갈다"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "obrabótuva",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обрабо́тува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "obráboti",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "обра́боти"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "word": "pako"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "word": "pāpako"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "word": "tāmata"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey"
      ],
      "word": "tchultiver"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "word": "dyrke"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "kultywować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "obrabiać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "obrobić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "word": "lavrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozdélyvatʹ",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "возде́лывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozdélatʹ",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "возде́лать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obrabátyvatʹ",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обраба́тывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obrabótatʹ",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "обрабо́тать"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "obrobljáty",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обробля́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "obrobýty",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "оброби́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "turn or stir soil in preparation for planting",
      "word": "resnayen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cultivate"
}

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