All 11 Uses
cultivate
in
The Swiss Family Robinson
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- We followed his example, one after the other, each doing so rather to provide himself with a spoon than with any hope of cultivating a taste for oysters.†
Chpt 1 *cultivating = developing, growing, or preparing to grow crops
- This spot he made the object of his special care; and, lavishing on it all the varied resources of his might and goodness, it bloomed in beauty, and became the happy residence of a band of colonists, who were charged not only with the cultivation and improvement of the soil, but each, individually, was bound to cherish in his soul the spirit of love and true allegiance to his Sovereign.†
Chpt 4cultivation = development, growth, or preparation for growing crops
- These are valuable; but sudden action is so often necessary in life, that I advise you to cultivate the power of instantly perceiving and deciding what must be done in cases of emergency.†
Chpt 4cultivate = develop, grow, or prepare for growing crops
- 'They are not wild,' I replied, 'but grafted or cultivated or, as you call them, tame trees.†
Chpt 8cultivated = developed, grown, or prepared for growing crops
- We hear, if you remember, of Noah cultivating vines, and they have been brought from one place to another until they now are to be found in most parts of the civilized world.'†
Chpt 8cultivating = developing, growing, or preparing to grow crops
- 'However, if our countries have not been blessed in the same way with fruit, we have been given wisdom and skill, which has enabled us to import and cultivate the trees of other lands.'†
Chpt 8cultivate = develop, grow, or prepare for growing crops
- 'We came upon an open space in the forest near Woodlands, and perceived a troop of monkeys, apparently engaged as Jack said, in cultivating the soil!†
Chpt 9cultivating = developing, growing, or preparing to grow crops
- 'Ginseng is to be found in Tartary, and has lately been discovered in Canada; it is cultivated in Pennsylvania, because the Americans introduce it secretly into China as smuggled merchandise.'†
Chpt 9cultivated = developed, grown, or prepared for growing crops
- It had been my intention to bring a piece of land under cultivation before the next rainy season, to be sown with different sorts of grain; but many unforeseen circumstances had intervened to hinder this, and our animals, unaccustomed to the yoke, were not available for the plough.†
Chpt 11cultivation = development, growth, or preparation for growing crops
- It was my wish that our sons should cultivate a habit of bold independence, for well I knew that it might be the will of God to deprive them easily of their parents; when, without an enterprising spirit of self-reliance, their position would be truly miserable.†
Chpt 12cultivate = develop, grow, or prepare for growing crops
- Having occupied two days in this way, we turned our attention to other duties: the cultivation of a wheat, barley and maize field, the management of the ostrich's eggs, and the taming of the captives.†
Chpt 13cultivation = development, growth, or preparation for growing crops
Definitions:
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(1)
(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
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(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.