All 10 Uses of
cultivate
in
A Thousand Acres
- 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..0cultivated = developed to grow crops
- For security, I cultivated inner peace.
p. 37..6cultivated = 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..9cultivating = working to grow crops
- Why is he cultivating that field?
p. 66..8cultivating = 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..2cultivator = person who works to grow crops
- Is Ty still cultivating out there?
p. 67..6cultivating = 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..1cultivate = 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..1cultivate = work to grow crops
- Ridge till cultivation!
p. 219..7cultivation = method of growing crops
Definition:
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(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