cultivates
- 1Third-person singular simple present of cultivate.
He carefully cultivates a small plot of herbs behind the kitchen.
She cultivates friendships with colleagues in every department of the company.
Note
Spelling stays simple here: cultivate just adds an s, and this is the form for he, she, it or any singular noun subject. All three meanings of the verb come with it. A farmer cultivates crops, and a grower cultivates the soil between rows to keep weeds down. Figuratively, someone cultivates a friendship or an interest, and the object is then something abstract that grows with steady attention.
cultivates is a form of cultivate
cultivate, verb: To grow plants, particularly crops, by preparing the land and tending them as they develop. Full entry
- Forms
- cultivatecultivates he/she/itcultivating -ing formcultivated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- cultivate → cultivates: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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