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culturing

SayKUL-cher-ing/ˈkʌlt͡ʃəɹɪŋ/

2 meanings of culturing

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  1. 1
    noununcountable
    The act of growing tiny living things, like bacteria, in a lab so they can be studied.

    Like planting seeds in good soil so they grow and spread, but here the living things are tiny germs.

    The hospital lab relies on culturing to find out which bacteria caused the infection.

    Growing the mold for the experiment took several days of careful culturing.

    Similarcultivation

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  2. 2
    verb
    Present participle of culture. Use this form for the action happening right now.

    The scientists are culturing bacteria to test the new medicine.

    She spent the week culturing samples in the lab.

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culturing is a form of culture

culture, verb: To grow living things like bacteria by keeping them in a good place to grow. Full entry

Forms
culturecultures he/she/itculturing -ing formcultured past tense, past participle
Spelling
culture → culturing: drop the e, add -ing

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