You must cultivate your mind.
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Cultivate
//ˈkʌltɪveɪt//
Synonyms for "cultivate" (169 found)
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Strong matches (51)
Related words (84)
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Verb(7 words)
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More general
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Synonyms
2 entriesderived
13 entrieshas context
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
11 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
137 translations across 41 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐξεργάζομαι verb (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- becərmək verb (grow plants, notably crops)
- bozartmaq verb (grow plants, notably crops)
- bəsləmək verb (nurture)
- yetirmək verb (grow plants, notably crops)
Bulgarian
4 entries- култивирам verb (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting)
- обработвам verb (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting)
- отглеждам verb (grow plants, notably crops)
- подхранвам verb (nurture)
Catalan
3 entries- conrear verb (grow plants, notably crops)
- conrear verb (nurture)
- cultivar verb (grow plants, notably crops)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- کشتوکاڵ کردن verb (grow plants, notably crops)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 培育 verb (nurture)
- 培養 /培养 verb (nurture)
- 種植 /种植 verb (grow plants, notably crops)
- 種植 /种植 verb (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting)
Czech
1 entries- obdělávat verb (grow plants, notably crops)
Danish
2 entries- dyrke verb (grow plants, notably crops)
- pleje verb (nurture)
Dutch
4 entries- bewerken verb (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting)
- cultiveren verb (nurture)
- telen verb (grow plants, notably crops)
- verbouwen verb (grow plants, notably crops)
Esperanto
2 entries- kultivi verb (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting)
- kulturi verb (grow plants, notably crops)
Finnish
4 entries- (to harrow) äestää verb (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting)
- (to plough) kyntää verb (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting)
- herättää verb (nurture)
- muokata verb (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting)
French
3 entries- cultiver verb (grow plants, notably crops)
- cultiver verb (nurture)
- cultiver verb (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting)
Galician
2 entries- cultivar verb (grow plants, notably crops)
- traballar verb (grow plants, notably crops)
German
4 entries- anbauen verb (grow plants, notably crops)
- bestellen verb (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting)
- kultivieren verb (grow plants, notably crops)
- kultivieren verb (nurture)
Hebrew
2 entries- טיפח verb (nurture)
- עיבד verb (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting)
Hungarian
4 entries- csiszol verb (nurture)
- fejleszt verb (nurture)
- gyakorol verb (nurture)
- kultivál verb (nurture)
Ingrian
1 entries- viljellä verb (grow plants, notably crops)
Interlingua
1 entries- cultivar verb (grow plants, notably crops)
Irish
2 entries- rómhair verb (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting)
- saothraigh verb (grow plants, notably crops)
Italian
3 entries- coltivare verb (grow plants, notably crops)
- coltivare verb (nurture)
- coltivare verb (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting)
Japanese
4 entries- 栽培する verb (grow plants, notably crops)
- 耕す verb (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting)
- 耕作する verb (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting)
- 養う verb (nurture)
Kapampangan
1 entries- mangambul verb (grow plants, notably crops)
Khmer
2 entries- ចម្រើនលូតលាស់ verb (nurture)
- ធ្វើកសិកម្ម verb (grow plants, notably crops)
Korean
4 entries- 갈고닦다 verb (nurture)
- 갈다 verb (grow plants, notably crops)
- 갈다 verb (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting)
- 연마하다 verb (nurture)
Latin
2 entries- colō verb (grow plants, notably crops)
- colō verb (nurture)
Macedonian
4 entries- о́дгледа verb (grow plants, notably crops)
- обра́боти verb (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting)
- обрабо́тува verb (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting)
- одгле́дува verb (grow plants, notably crops)
Māori
4 entries- ngaki verb (grow plants, notably crops)
- pako verb (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting)
- pāpako verb (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting)
- tāmata verb (grow plants, notably crops)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- ulima verb (grow plants, notably crops)
Norman
3 entries- tchultiver verb (grow plants, notably crops)
- tchultiver verb (nurture)
- tchultiver verb (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- dyrke verb (grow plants, notably crops)
- dyrke verb (nurture)
- dyrke verb (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting)
- kultivere verb (grow plants, notably crops)
Polish
4 entries- kultywować verb (grow plants, notably crops)
- kultywować verb (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting)
- obrabiać verb (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting)
- obrobić verb (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting)
Portuguese
4 entries- alimentar verb (nurture)
- cultivar verb (grow plants, notably crops)
- cultivar verb (nurture)
- lavrar verb (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting)
Russian
4 entries- возде́лать verb (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting)
- возде́лывать verb (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting)
- вы́растить verb (grow plants, notably crops)
- выра́щивать verb (grow plants, notably crops)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- àitich verb (grow plants, notably crops)
Spanish
1 entries- cultivar verb (grow plants, notably crops)
Swedish
1 entries- odla verb (grow plants, notably crops)
Tày
1 entries- canh hấy verb (grow plants, notably crops)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ви́ростити verb (grow plants, notably crops)
- виро́щувати verb (grow plants, notably crops)
- культивува́ти verb (grow plants, notably crops)
- культивува́ти verb (nurture)
Vietnamese
2 entries- canh tác verb (grow plants, notably crops)
- cày cấy verb (grow plants, notably crops)
Welsh
1 entries- amaethu verb (grow plants, notably crops)
Zazaki
4 entries- cı nayen verb (grow plants, notably crops)
- cı resnen verb (grow plants, notably crops)
- resnayen verb (turn or stir soil in preparation for planting)
- wari kerden verb (nurture)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
Picture books will cultivate the minds of children.
Source: tatoeba (22065)
We should cultivate our minds by reading good books.
Source: tatoeba (22631)
All you have to do is to cultivate the ability to put yourself in the other fellow's place.
Source: tatoeba (40850)
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