What is the meaning of cultivate?

Foster the growth of.
Prepare for crops.
- usage: "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"
- synonyms: crop, work
Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment.
- usage: "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
- synonyms: educate, school, train, civilize, civilise
Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment.
- usage: "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
- synonyms: domesticate, naturalize, naturalise, tame

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