All 10 Uses

cultivate
in
A Thousand Acres
(Edited)

At the same time, his very fearsomeness was reassuring when I thought about things like robbers or monsters, and we lived on what was clearly the best, most capably cultivated farm.
p. 20.1

cultivated = developed to grow crops
For security, I cultivated inner peace.
p. 37.6

cultivated = developed
It's very old, I'm used to it, and most of the time, I'm better at cultivating inner peace.
p. 56.4 *

cultivating = developing
I followed his gaze and saw Ty cultivating far off to the west.
p. 65.9

cultivating = working to grow crops
Why is he cultivating that field?
p. 66.8

cultivating = working to grow crops in
I couldn't shake my sense that his attention menaced Ty, the guiltless cultivator, concentrating innocently on never deviating from the rows laid out before him.
p. 67.2

cultivator = person who works to grow crops
Is Ty still cultivating out there?
p. 67.6

cultivating = working to grow crops
Then you better cultivate those beans down on Mel's corner, because it's kind of low down there, and you won't get the Deere into that field this week if you let it go till after this rain.
p. 81.1

cultivate = work to grow
Every time Loren makes a suggestion, or even does something that he's used to doing on his own, like deciding where to spray or cultivate, Harold accuses him of trying to take over.
p. 126.1

cultivate = work to grow crops
Ridge till cultivation!
p. 219.7

cultivation = method of growing crops

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.