cultivation
Tending toward growth
Cultivation is the process of preparing and working land to grow crops, or the care given to plants as they grow.
By extension, cultivation applies to developing anything through deliberate effort: the cultivation of talent, of relationships, of good habits.
A person of cultivation has refined tastes and education—someone who has cultivated themselves.
Ground matter for planting
- tillageSoil preparation for planting
- harvestGathering mature crops
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
- plowingTurning earth for crops
sowing · fertilizer · crop · agronomy · tending · rotation · organic · compost
Attentive regard for others
- fosteringPromoting development or growth
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
- encouragementSupport spurring continued effort
guidance · training · support · nourishment · attention · patience · dedication · stewardship
Gaining knowledge gradually
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- studyDeliberate learning effort
wisdom · research · erudition · edification · understanding · curiosity · literacy · inquiry
Seed's initial growth phase
- sproutingSeeds beginning growth
- blossomingBeginning to flower
- flourishingProspering vigorously
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
development · nurturing · tending · propagation · rootstock · grafting · pollination · ripening
Smooth by rubbing
- eleganceRefined, graceful quality
- sophisticationCultured elegance and complexity
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
civility · courtesy · dignity · finesse · propriety · urbanity · manners · poise
Cultivated plant area
- plantingPlacing seeds in earth
- gardeningTending plants recreationally
- landscapeVisible features of terrain
- greenhouseClimate-controlled plant enclosure
flowerbed · arboriculture · floriculture · groundskeeping · allotment · pruning · nursery · potting
Building professional relationships
- connectionsRelationships between things
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
- relationshipsLinks between individuals
- patronageSupporter's financial backing
alliance · partnership · goodwill · influence · contacts · trust · diplomacy · courtship
soil
Ground matter for planting
- tillageSoil preparation for planting
- harvestGathering mature crops
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
plowing · sowing · fertilizer · crop · agronomy · tending · rotation · organic · compost · husbandry
care
Attentive regard for others
- fosteringPromoting development or growth
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
encouragement · guidance · training · support · nourishment · attention · patience · dedication · stewardship · devotion
learning
Gaining knowledge gradually
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
study · wisdom · research · erudition · edification · understanding · curiosity · literacy · inquiry · discernment
germination
Seed's initial growth phase
- sproutingSeeds beginning growth
- blossomingBeginning to flower
- flourishingProspering vigorously
maturation · development · nurturing · tending · propagation · rootstock · grafting · pollination · ripening · budding
polish
Smooth by rubbing
- eleganceRefined, graceful quality
- sophisticationCultured elegance and complexity
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
etiquette · civility · courtesy · dignity · finesse · propriety · urbanity · manners · poise · breeding
garden
Cultivated plant area
- plantingPlacing seeds in earth
- gardeningTending plants recreationally
- landscapeVisible features of terrain
greenhouse · flowerbed · arboriculture · floriculture · groundskeeping · allotment · pruning · nursery · potting · beds
networking
Building professional relationships
- connectionsRelationships between things
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
- relationshipsLinks between individuals
patronage · alliance · partnership · goodwill · influence · contacts · trust · diplomacy · courtship · favor
- agricultural historyancient farming, traditional farming, green revolution, harvest traditions, harvest festivals
- rice farmingpaddy field, rice paddy, paddies, flooded field, transplanting
- drug crimesdrug trafficking, drug dealing, drug smuggling, drug conspiracy, narcotics trafficking
- mushroom farmingmushroom farm, mushroom farming, spawn, mycelium, substrate
- Neolithicdomestication, stone axes, Fertile Crescent, grinding stones, farming tools
- agriculturefarms, crops, farm, farmers, farming
cultivationneglect
Failure to provide care
abandonment · wildness · wilderness · fallow · desolation
cultivationbarbarism
Savage, uncivilized behavior
philistinism · boorishness · coarseness · vulgarity · crudeness
cultivationneglect
Failure to provide care
abandonment · destruction · disregard · harm · hurt
- crop cultivationGrowing food plants deliberately
- shifting cultivationMigratory crop-growing practice
- rice cultivationGrowing grain in paddies