cultivation

Noun
  1. 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
  2. (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 stock
    hypernym: production - (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale
    hyponym:
    • 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
  3. 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"
    hypernym: flawlessness, ne plus ultra, perfection - the state of being without a flaw or defect
    synonym: culture, finish, polish, refinement
  4. 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
  5. 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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