cultivated

1. 1
   adjective

   Grown on purpose by people, not found growing wild.

   Like a pet raised at home, not a wild animal living in the woods.

   These cultivated roses need regular pruning to bloom well.

   The market sells cultivated mushrooms instead of ones picked in the forest.

   Similardomesticated

   Oppositewild

2. 2
   adjective

   Polite, well-educated, and having good taste.

   Like someone who has read many books and knows how to act well around others.

   She was a cultivated woman who loved art and poetry.

   His cultivated manners made a strong impression at the dinner.

   Similarrefined, cultured, sophisticated, polished, educated

   Oppositeuncultured, unrefined, boorish, philistine

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3. 3
   adjective

   Used for farming, with crops grown on it.

   Like a yard that is dug up and planted, instead of left wild.

   The cultivated fields stretched for miles across the valley.

   They bought a piece of cultivated land beside the river.

   Similartilled, arable

   Oppositeuncultivated, wild, fallow

4. 4
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of cultivate. Use this form for the action done in the past.

   The farmers cultivated the land for many years.

   She cultivated a small vegetable garden behind her house.

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