cultivated
prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
produced or improved by cultivation, as a plant.
educated; refined; cultured: cultivated tastes.
Origin of cultivated
1Other words from cultivated
- mis·cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective
- non·cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective
- pseu·do·cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective
- qua·si-cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective
- sem·i·cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective
- su·per·cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective
- un·cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective
- well-cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective
Words that may be confused with cultivated
- cultivated , cultured
Words Nearby cultivated
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How to use cultivated in a sentence
Valerie isn't going anywhere, and her work will extend through those she has cultivated and inspired.
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“He has cultivated a reputation of being a professional debauchee,” Wallace writes.
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As there are still many varieties of the plant grown in America, so there doubtless was when cultivated by the Indians.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.They cultivated a few plants around their wigwams, and cured a few pounds for their own use.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.I know that in putting this before you I challenge some of the most popular affectations of cultivated people.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsLionel Wafer in his travels upon the Isthmus of Darien in 1699 saw the plant growing and cultivated by the natives.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.One wonders why even some of the common British Ferns are not more generally cultivated in rooms.
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British Dictionary definitions for cultivated
/ (ˈkʌltɪˌveɪtɪd) /
cultured, refined, or educated
((of land or soil))
subjected to tillage or cultivation
tilled and broken up
(of plants) specially bred or improved by cultivation
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