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Cultivation definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CULTIVATION, n.
1. The art or practice of tilling and preparing for crops; husbandry; the management of land. Land is often made better by cultivation. Ten acres under good cultivation will produce more than twenty when badly tilled.
2. Study, care and practice directed to improvement, correction, enlargement or increase; the application of the means of improvement; as, men may grow wiser by the cultivation of talents; they may grow better by the cultivation of the mind, of virtue, and of piety.
3. The producing by tillage; as the cultivation of corn or grass.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners; "her cultivation was remarkable"
2: (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale)
3: a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad [syn: polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finish]
4: the process of fostering the growth of something; "the cultivation of bees for honey"
5: the act of raising or growing plants (especially on a large scale)

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: circa 1716 1. culture, refinement 2. the act or art of cultivating or tilling

Britannica Concise

Loosening and breaking up (tilling) of the soil. The soil around existing plants is cultivated (by hand using a hoe, or by machine using a cultivator) to destroy weeds and promote growth by increasing soil aeration and water infiltration. Soil being prepared for the planting of a crop is cultivated by a harrow or plow.

U.S. Military Dictionary

A deliberate and calculated association with a person for the purpose of recruitment, obtaining information, or gaining control for these or other purposes.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cultivation Cul`ti*va"tion (k?l`t?-v?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F. cultivation.] 1. The art or act of cultivating; improvement for agricultural purposes or by agricultural processes; tillage; production by tillage. 2. Bestowal of time or attention for self-improvement or for the benefit of others; fostering care. 3. The state of being cultivated; advancement in physical, intellectual, or moral condition; refinement; culture. Italy . . . was but imperfectly reduced to cultivation before the irruption of the barbarians. --Hallam.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see cultivate

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Tillage, agriculture, husbandry, culture. 2. Improvement, refinement, elevation, civilization, culture. 3. Study, pursuit, investigation. 4. Fostering, cherishing, nourishing, promotion, patronage.

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