All 5 Uses of
cultivate
in
The Poisonwood Bible
- "We're cultivating the soil, sister," he said.†
Chpt 1 *cultivating = developing, growing, or preparing to grow crops
- How did this curse come to me, when it's God's own will to cultivate the soil!†
Chpt 1cultivate = develop, grow, or prepare for growing crops
- It comes from a stupendous tuber, which the women cultivate and dig from the ground, soak in the river, dry in the sun, pound to white powder in hollowed-out logs, and boil.†
Chpt 2
- And he stays, cultivating me like a small inheritance of land where his future resides.†
Chpt 5cultivating = developing, growing, or preparing to grow crops
- She took up a hoe instead, and began to put every square inch of her sandy two-acre rented lot under cultivation: peanuts, sweet potatoes, and four dozen kinds of flowers.†
Chpt 5cultivation = 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) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
The word form cultivator is commonly used to describe a machine used to prepare soil for growing crops.