cultured
Americanadjective
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having or characterized by culture; refined; enlightened.
civilized and cultured peoples; music and other cultured pursuits.
- Synonyms:
- genteel, elegant, sophisticated, polished
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artificially nurtured or grown.
cultured bacteria.
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cultivated; tilled.
adjective
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showing or having good taste, manners, upbringing, and education
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artificially grown or synthesized
cultured pearls
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sport of superior quality, as though the product of special training
a cultured left foot
a cultured backhand
Other Word Forms
- noncultured adjective
- overcultured adjective
- semicultured adjective
- well-cultured adjective
Etymology
Origin of cultured
Example Sentences
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Someone instructs you to tear off pieces and dip them in the accompanying guava and plantain chutneys, silky chickpea curry and punchy pepper jelly, pooled around a peninsula of tangy cultured butter.
This makes for puckish satire of the literati and its highly cultured brand of condescension; at times the movie feels like a South American spin on a Noah Baumbach film.
In lab experiments with cultured cells, this AbLec changed how immune cells behaved, pushing them to attack and kill cancer cells.
From Science Daily
The researchers then applied the imaging platform to cultured breast cancer cells, mouse tumors, and healthy tissue samples.
From Science Daily
Are you watching a more cultured, possession-based style now than you did 10 or 20 years ago - or are you watching your team play without the drive and commitment of years gone by?
From BBC
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