cultivation
Noun
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Socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners (synset 101131684)
"her cultivation was remarkable"hypernym: acculturation, enculturation, socialisation, socialization - the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
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(agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale) (synset 100917553)
domain category: agriculture, farming, husbandry - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stockhypernym: production - (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for salehyponym:
- aquaculture - rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food
- apiculture, beekeeping - the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey
- agriculture, farming, husbandry - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
- culture - the raising of plants or animals
- tilling - cultivation of the land in order to raise crops
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A highly developed state of perfection;
Having a flawless or impeccable quality (synset 114483408)"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" -
The process of fostering the growth of something (synset 113475491)
"the cultivation of bees for honey"hypernym: development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
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The act of raising or growing plants (especially on a large scale) (synset 100917854)
hypernym: production - (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale
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