# cultured

Pronunciation: US say "KUL-churd" /ˈkʌlt͡ʃɚd/; UK say "KUL-chuhd" /ˈkʌlt͡ʃəd/

## Adjective

1. Well-educated and refined, familiar with art, manners, and the ways of polite society.
   - Simple: Polite, well-educated, and showing good taste in art, ideas, and manners.
   - _She was admired as a cultured woman, fluent in three languages and well-versed in classical music._
   - _The diplomat's cultured conversation ranged easily from poetry to philosophy._
2. Produced or developed artificially under controlled conditions rather than occurring naturally.
   - Simple: Grown or made by people under controlled conditions, not formed in nature.
   - _The facility produced cultured cells for use in the vaccine trial._
   - _Cultured diamonds, made in a reactor, are nearly indistinguishable from mined ones._

## Verb

3. Simple past and past participle of culture. — simple past and past participle of culture
   - Simple: Past form of culture. Use it when the growing or shaping already happened.
   - _Researchers cultured the virus in order to study how it spread._
   - _The bacteria were cultured on a special plate overnight._

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