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• v  foster the growth of
• v  prepare for crops
  cultivate the land
• v  teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
• v  adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

• It has become more important for schools to identify deficiencies than to cultivate gifts.
• Farmers in Uganda's army-defended camps tentatively return to cultivate their land by day.
• City dwellers cultivate and provide fresh, organic produce to neighbors, friends and customers.

• crop
• work
• educate
• school
• train
• civilize
• civilise
• domesticate
• naturalize
• naturalise
• tame

News & Articles

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• Basic financial tips for college grads
  The tassel is moved, the books are packed up, and the job search is on. Congratulations on completing that hard-earned diploma. As the last strains of Pomp and Circumstance fade away, consider a few simple but extremely powerful financial habits to cultivate now that are practically guaranteed to repay you many times over.
  June 19, 2013 - Chattanooga Times Free Press
• Extending a Hand Abroad, Obama Often Finds a Cold Shoulder
  For all of his effort to cultivate personal ties with foreign counterparts over the last four and a half years, President Obama has complicated relationships with some, and has bet on others who came to disappoint him.
  June 18, 2013 - New York Times
• How to Discover Your Superpower in Business
  Entrepreneurs can take cues from the new Superman movie 'Man of Steel' and cultivate their unique strengths.
  June 18, 2013 - Entrpreneur

Quotes

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• Hoshyar Zebari in Tehran Times
  The Iraqi government is committed to cultivate good neighborly relations with these two countries and to engage them constructively in security cooperation,Zebari said of Iran and Syria.
• Lou Gehrig in The Delaware County Times
  New York Yankee Lou Gehrig, sick and dying, said goodbye to the fans at Yankee Stadium with the memorable words, "I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth." "Observe good faith and justice toward all nations.Cultivate peace...
• Julia Roberts in Guardian Unlimited
  I think I came along at a kinder time in the business,Roberts said. "It wasn't about fashion, and there weren't so many media outlets, it was just kind of different. You could really cultivate your work a little more gently."