cultivated
kuhl tuh vay tuhd
- v foster the growth of
- v prepare for crops
- v teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
- v adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
- a (of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing
cultivated land - s no longer in the natural state; developed by human care and for human use
cultivated roses
cultivated blackberries - s marked by refinement in taste and manners
cultivated speech
- An ex-junkie who neither smokes nor drinks and who cultivated the look of a conservative businessman, Barnes had shielded himself so carefully behind the layers of his organization .
- Since arriving in Washington in 1987, Land has cultivated dozens of sympathetic members of Congress.
- The ISI is an arm of the Pakistani military that has long cultivated jihadist groups ranging from the Taliban to Lashkar e-Toiba (LeT), prime suspect in the Mumbai massacre.