CULTIVATE
cultivate
Verb
- To grow plants, notably crops
- Farmers should cultivate their crops to get a good harvest.
- To nurture; to foster; to tend.
- They tried to cultivate an interest in learning among their students.
- To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting.
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