| verb | foster the growth of |
| verb | prepare for crops “Work the soil” |
| verb | teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment “Cultivate your musical taste” |
| verb | adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment “domesticate oats” |
| cultivation | noun | (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale) |
| cultivator | noun | someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil |
| crop | noun | the yield from plants in a single growing season |
| education | noun | the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior) |
| civilization | noun | the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste |
| civilisation | noun | the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste |
| naturalization | noun | the quality of being brought into conformity with nature |
| naturalisation | noun | the quality of being brought into conformity with nature |