cultivated

[ kuhl-tuh-vey-tid ]
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adjective
  1. prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.

  2. produced or improved by cultivation, as a plant.

  1. educated; refined; cultured: cultivated tastes.

Origin of cultivated

1
First recorded in1655–65; cultivate + -ed2

Other words from cultivated

  • mis·cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective
  • non·cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective
  • pseu·do·cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective
  • qua·si-cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective
  • sem·i·cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective
  • su·per·cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective
  • un·cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective
  • well-cul·ti·vat·ed, adjective

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How to use cultivated in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for cultivated

cultivated

/ (ˈkʌltɪˌveɪtɪd) /


adjective
  1. cultured, refined, or educated

  2. ((of land or soil))

    • subjected to tillage or cultivation

    • tilled and broken up

  1. (of plants) specially bred or improved by cultivation

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