cultivate
verb (used with object)
to prepare and work on (land) in order to raise crops; till.
am cultivating
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present progressiveof cultivate (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“In Lyman, well … I have a dacha, a garden there. I am cultivating a garden there.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
Or understand the ways they respond to the ecology that I am cultivating.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 24, 2013
I am cultivating a beard, and in another month I expect to look as fierce as a Bedouin chief.
From The Irish at the Front by Michael MacDonagh
"I am cultivating Mr. Crane's land on shares."
From Herbert Carter's Legacy by Horatio Alger
I am cultivating this tone of mind with considerable success, but you must pardon me for an occasional outbreak of the old Adam.
From A First Year in Canterbury Settlement by Samuel Butler
