All 6 Uses of
cultivate
in
My Antonia
- Marek was strong, and Ambrosch worked him hard; but he could never teach him to cultivate corn, I remember.
Book 1 *cultivate = grow
- He always bore down on the handles of the cultivator and drove the blades so deep into the earth that the horses were soon exhausted.†
Book 1
- Mrs. Shimerda then drove the second cultivator; she and Antonia worked in the fields all day and did the chores at night.†
Book 1
- She knew every farmer for miles about: how much land he had under cultivation, how many cattle he was feeding, what his liabilities were.†
Book 2
- When Ole was cultivating his corn that summer, he used to get discouraged in the field, tie up his team, and wander off to wherever Lena Lingard was herding.†
Book 2
- There was not a man in Black Hawk who had the intelligence or cultivation, much less the personal distinction, of Antonia's father.†
Book 2
Definition:
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(cultivate) enhance growth or developmentin various senses, including:
- to grow crops or prepare land for them
- enhance a relationship -- especially for a purpose
- develop discernment (better recognition of differences) in taste or judgment
- to grow a culture in a petri dish