Synonyms for cultivation
ˌkʌl təˈveɪ ʃəncul·ti·va·tion

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1. cultivationnoun

   The art or act of cultivating; improvement of land for or by agriculture

   The heavy cultivation of the hillside led to soil erosion.

   Synonyms:
   tillage

2. cultivationnoun

   Synonyms:
   refinement, culture, education

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1. cultivation

   Agriculture is the generic term, including at once the science, the art, and the process of supplying human wants by raising the products of the soil, and by the associated industries; farming is the practise of agriculture as a business; there may be theoretical agriculture, but not theoretical farming; we speak of the science of agriculture, the business of farming; scientific agriculture may be wholly in books; scientific farming is practised upon the land; we say an agricultural college rather than a college of farming. Farming refers to the cultivation of considerable portions of land, and the raising of the coarser crops; gardening is the close cultivation of a small area for small fruits, flowers, vegetables, etc., and while it may be done upon a farm is yet a distinct industry. Gardening in general, kitchen-gardening, the cultivation of vegetables, etc., for the household, market-gardening, the raising of the same for sale, floriculture, the culture of flowers, and horticulture, the culture of fruits, flowers, or vegetables, are all departments of agriculture, but not strictly nor ordinarily of farming; farming is itself one department of agriculture. Husbandry is a general word for any form of practical agriculture, but is now chiefly poetical. Tillage refers directly to the work bestowed upon the land, as plowing, manuring, etc.; cultivation refers especially to the processes that bring forward the crop; we speak of the tillage of the soil, the cultivation of corn; we also speak of land as in a state of cultivation, under cultivation, etc. Culture is now applied to the careful development of any product to a state of perfection, especially by care through successive generations; the choice varieties of the strawberry have been produced by wise and patient culture; a good crop in any year is the result of good cultivation.

   Synonyms:
   agriculture, culture, farming, floriculture, gardening, horticulture, husbandry, kitchen-gardening, market-gardening, tillage

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1. cultivationnoun

   socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners

   "her cultivation was remarkable"

   Synonyms:
   refinement, finish, polish, culture

2. cultivationnoun

   (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale)

   Synonyms:
   refinement, finish, polish, culture

3. polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finishnoun

   a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality

   "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad

   Synonyms:
   purification, goal, acculturation, refinement, shade, last, polish, finish, culture, ending, coating, glossiness, nuance, nicety, destination, civilization, finis, finishing, refining, stopping point, civilisation, elaboration, subtlety, close, gloss, conclusion, burnish, finale

4. cultivationnoun

   the process of fostering the growth of something

   "the cultivation of bees for honey"

   Synonyms:
   refinement, finish, polish, culture

5. cultivationnoun

   the act of raising or growing plants (especially on a large scale)

   Synonyms:
   refinement, finish, polish, culture

Matched Categories

1. • Agriculture
   • Growth
   • Production
   • Socialization

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1. cultivationnoun

   Synonyms:
   tillage, agriculture, husbandry

2. cultivationnoun

   Synonyms:
   improvement, refinement, culture

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1. cultivationnoun

   Synonyms:
   tillage

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1. List of paraphrases for "cultivation":

   culture, crop, planting, crops, growing, cultures, farming, cropping, agriculture, tillage, culturing, cultural, plantation, cultivating, cultivate

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1. William James:

   Human beings are born into this little span of life of which the best thing is its friendship and intimacies, and soon their places will know them no more, and yet they leave their friendships and intimacies with no cultivation, to grow as they will by the roadside, expecting them to "keep" by force of inertia.

2. Romesh Kalita:

   We are fully dependent on rainfall for our cultivation, and we are hit badly when it is delayed or there is a drought, even if we hire a pump and get water, it isn't enough.

3. Hanif Danishyar:

   We have our organized plan for eradication in Kandahar province, yes, there has been cultivation in Zhari district but we will eradicate the fields.

4. Hanif Danishyar:

   Yes, there has been cultivation in Zhari district but we will eradicate the fields.

5. Munin Das:

   We have been traditionally dependent on the rainwater for our cultivation (for) generations, but now as the rainfall has become unpredictable, it is not possible.