cultivate
Tend with care
Cultivate means to prepare and work land for growing crops, or to grow plants deliberately: They cultivate rice in the lowlands.
Extended uses follow the same pattern of careful tending—you cultivate friendships, habits, or skills through sustained attention and effort: She cultivated relationships with key donors.
To cultivate a person is to seek their favor or patronage.
A cultivated manner suggests refinement developed through education and exposure to the arts.
Tool for turning soil
- harvestGathering mature crops
- sowImplant in earth
- fertilizeAdd nutrients to soil
- irrigateSupply land with water
till · farm · crop · soil · compost · seedling · organic · yield
Support growth and development
- fosterEncourage development of
- nourishProvide sustenance to
- careAttentive regard for others
- tendCare for or incline
develop · encourage · support · guidance · mentorship · parenting · upbringing · cherish
Repeated work toward mastery
- honeMake keener or better
- developCause gradual growth
- refineRemove impurities from
- masterAuthority or controller
discipline · habits · proficiency · expertise · training · technique · craft · aptitude
Harmonious mutual connection
- trustConfidence in another
- friendshipBond of mutual affection
- connectionA joining or relation
- networkingBuilding professional relationships
alliance · partnership · bonding · communication · loyalty · camaraderie · intimacy · community
Awareness of the present
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- gratitudeThankfulness for kindness received
- patienceCalm during delays
- curiosityDesire to learn
openness · positivity · awareness · equanimity · temperament · disposition · outlook · attitude
Elegance of manner
- sophisticationCultured elegance and complexity
- tasteFlavor perception ability
- appreciationRecognition of worth
- sensibilityRefined emotional responsiveness
aesthetics · connoisseurship · elegance · discernment · civility · erudition · worldliness · polish
plow
Tool for turning soil
irrigate · till · farm · crop · soil · compost · seedling · organic · yield · husbandry
nurture
Support growth and development
tend · develop · encourage · support · guidance · mentorship · parenting · upbringing · cherish · sustenance
practice
Repeated work toward mastery
master · discipline · habits · proficiency · expertise · training · technique · craft · aptitude · competence
rapport
Harmonious mutual connection
- trustConfidence in another
- friendshipBond of mutual affection
- connectionA joining or relation
networking · alliance · partnership · bonding · communication · loyalty · camaraderie · intimacy · community · patronage
mindfulness
Awareness of the present
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- gratitudeThankfulness for kindness received
- patienceCalm during delays
curiosity · openness · positivity · awareness · equanimity · temperament · disposition · outlook · attitude · composure
refinement
Elegance of manner
- sophisticationCultured elegance and complexity
- tasteFlavor perception ability
- appreciationRecognition of worth
sensibility · aesthetics · connoisseurship · elegance · discernment · civility · erudition · worldliness · polish · savoir-faire
- farmingfarm, farms, farmer, farmers, crop
- helpingaid, assist, give a hand, help, helping hand
- empowerment verbsencourage, uplift, support, inspire, enable
- outdoor choresmow, mowing, rake, raking, weed
- personal growthlearning, enlightenment, coming-of-age, growth, knowledge
- fungimushroom, mushrooms, toadstool, toadstools, yeast
- cultivated tasteLearned appreciation for finer things
- crop cultivationGrowing food plants deliberately
- shifting cultivationMigratory crop-growing practice
cultivated, cultivation, uncultivated, cultivating, cultivator, cultivates, cultivable, cultivators, cultivations