All 5 Uses

cultivate
in
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
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They cultivated that land with rice, cotton, taro, and kitchen crops.†
Chpt 2 *

cultivated = developed, grown, or prepared for growing crops
Beyond the bridge, the world opened before us with vast stretches of cultivated land.†
Chpt 2
But, girls, I tell you that even someone as bright and cultivated as Yuxiu could not avoid that sad mo-ment of departure from her natal family.†
Chpt 7
The cotton was cultivated by Baba and Uncle, the harvest cleaned by the women in our household, the beeswax we used to create designs and the dyes for turning the fabric blue were used sparingly because we were so frugal.†
Chpt 9
You may be desperate, but never let anyone see you as anything less than a cultivated woman.†
Chpt 11

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.