cultivation

/,kʌlti'veiʃn/

Thân thiện

A farmer oversees the cultivation of a large wheat field.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act or practice of preparing land and growing crops: The process of tilling soil, planting seeds, and raising plants, especially on a large scale for food or other products.
   • The process of fostering growth or development: The act of encouraging and promoting the development of something, such as a skill, relationship, or idea.
   • Refinement and good education: A state of being well-educated and having polished manners, tastes, or artistic sensibilities.

Examples of Usage

• Agriculture:
  • The cultivation of rice is vital to the region's economy.
  • Modern cultivation techniques have increased crop yields significantly.
• Fostering Growth:
  • The cultivation of good habits begins in childhood.
  • His success resulted from the careful cultivation of important business contacts.
• Refinement:
  • Her knowledge of classical music showed great cultivation.
  • He was a man of considerable cultivation and wit.

Advanced Usage

• "Under cultivation": Refers to land that is currently being used to grow crops.
  • Thousands of acres were brought under cultivation.
• "Cultivation of the mind": The process of developing one's intellect and knowledge through study and experience.
  • He believed travel was essential for the cultivation of the mind.

Variants and Related Words

• Cultivate (verb): To prepare and use land for crops; to try to acquire or develop a quality, skill, or relationship.
  • Farmers cultivate the land.
  • She cultivated an interest in art history.
• Cultivated (adjective): (Of land) used for growing crops; (of a person) refined and well-educated.
  • Cultivated fields stretched to the horizon.
  • He had a cultivated taste in literature.
• Cultivator (noun): A person or machine that cultivates land.
  • The farmer used a mechanical cultivator.

Synonyms

• Agriculture: The science or practice of farming.
• Farming: The activity or business of growing crops and raising livestock.
• Nurturing: The process of caring for and encouraging the growth or development of someone or something.
• Refinement: The quality of being cultured, polished, or elegant.

Related Phrases

• Extensive cultivation: A farming system that uses small amounts of labor and capital relative to the large area of land being farmed.
• Intensive cultivation: A farming system that uses large amounts of labor and capital relative to the land area.

Related Idioms

• "A cultivated palate": Refined taste, especially in food and drink.
  • As a food critic, she has a highly cultivated palate.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the act of raising or growing plants (especially on a large scale)
2. the process of fostering the growth of something
   • the cultivation of bees for honey
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
4. (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale)
5. socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners
   • her cultivation was remarkable

Từ đồng nghĩa

• polish
• refinement
• culture
• finish