All 6 Uses

cultivate
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My Antonia
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Marek was strong, and Ambrosch worked him hard; but he could never teach him to cultivate corn, I remember.
Book 1 *

cultivate = grow
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

cultivation = development, growth, or preparation for growing crops
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

cultivating = developing, growing, or preparing to grow crops
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

cultivation = development, growth, or preparation for growing crops
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

Definitions:

(1) (cultivate)
enhance growth or development
in 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
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
The word form cultivator is commonly used to describe a machine used to prepare soil for growing crops.