CULTIVATING Synonyms
There are 12 hypernyms of the word cultivating. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for CULTIVATING
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breeding | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression • the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior) • helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community • the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization • the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring adjective satellite • producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring | ||||||||
developing | verb, adverb, noun, adjectivev, adv, n, adj | |||||||
noun • processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible adjective satellite • relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply | ||||||||
farming | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock • agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life adjective satellite • relating to farming or agriculture | ||||||||
fostering | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • encouragement; aiding the development of something • helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community | ||||||||
growing | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective • relating to or suitable for growth noun • (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level • (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state | ||||||||
planting | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the act of fixing firmly in place • a collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area • putting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow | ||||||||
raising | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the event of something being raised upward • the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child • helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community adjective satellite • increasing in quantity or value | ||||||||
rearing | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child • helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community adjective satellite • rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile | ||||||||
tilling | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • cultivation of the land in order to raise crops | ||||||||
nurturing | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child • helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community verb • help develop, help grow • look after a child until it is an adult • provide with nourishment | ||||||||
promoting | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
verb • contribute to the progress or growth of • give a promotion to or assign to a higher position • make publicity for; try to sell (a product) • be changed for a superior chess or checker piece • change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent | ||||||||
sowing | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an adult female hog verb • place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth • introduce into an environment • place seeds in or on (the ground) | ||||||||
civilise | verbv | |||||||
verb • teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment • raise from a barbaric to a civilized state | ||||||||
civilize | verbv | |||||||
verb • teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment • raise from a barbaric to a civilized state | ||||||||
crop | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the yield from plants in a single growing season • a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale • a collection of people or things appearing together • the output of something in a season • the stock or handle of a whip • a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food verb • cut short • prepare for crops • yield crops • let feed in a field or pasture or meadow • feed as in a meadow or pasture • cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of | ||||||||
domesticate | verbv | |||||||
verb • adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment • overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable • make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans | ||||||||
educate | verbv | |||||||
verb • give an education to • create by training and teaching • teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment | ||||||||
naturalise | verbv | |||||||
verb • adopt to another place • make more natural or lifelike • make into a citizen • adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment | ||||||||
naturalize | verbv | |||||||
verb • make into a citizen • explain with reference to nature • adopt to another place • make more natural or lifelike • adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment | ||||||||
school | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an educational institution • a building where young people receive education • the process of being formally educated at a school • a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers • the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session • an educational institution's faculty and students • a large group of fish verb • educate in or as if in a school • teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment • swim in or form a large group of fish | ||||||||