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cultivated - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'cultivated' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Cultivated [ imp. & p. p.]
- of Cultivate

Meaning of 'cultivated' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . cultivated [ a]
Meaning (1):
- (of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing
Example in sentence:
  • cultivated land
2 . cultivated [ s]
Meaning (2):
- marked by refinement in taste and manners
Example in sentence:
  • a genteel old lady;
  • cultivated speech;
  • cultured Bostonians;
  • cultured tastes;
  • polite society
Meaning (3):
- no longer in the natural state; developed by human care and for human use
Example in sentence:
  • cultivated blackberries;
  • cultivated roses