cultivate
/ˈkʌltɪveɪt/verb
उच्चारण कल्टिवेट
खेती करना; विकसित करना
Core word
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[T]
to prepare and use land for growing plants or crops; to grow plants or crops; to try to develop and improve something
खेती करना; विकसित करना
- cultivate rice
- cultivate good habits
- Farmers in this region cultivate wheat and mustard.
+ 2 more examples
- You should cultivate the habit of reading every day.
- He worked hard to cultivate good relations with his neighbours.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
cultivate + land / crops
In farming, cultivate means to prepare land and grow plants or crops on it.
खेती में 'cultivate' का अर्थ भूमि तैयार करना और उस पर पौधे या फ़सलें उगाना है।
- Farmers in Punjab cultivate wheat and rice.
- The family cultivates five acres of land.
cultivate + a quality / habit / skill
Cultivate also means to develop a quality, habit or skill with steady effort.
'Cultivate' का अर्थ निरंतर प्रयास से कोई गुण, आदत या कौशल विकसित करना भी है।
- Radhika cultivated the habit of reading the editorial daily.
- You must cultivate patience before the exam.
cultivate + a relationship / person
It can mean to work at making friends with a person for a benefit.
इसका अर्थ किसी लाभ के लिए प्रयत्नपूर्वक किसी से मित्रता बढ़ाना भी हो सकता है।
- The young officer cultivated the senior ministers.
be cultivated (passive) / cultivated (adjective)
The passive is common for land and crops, and cultivated as an adjective can mean cultured and refined.
भूमि और फ़सलों के लिए passive आम है और 'cultivated' adjective के रूप में सुसंस्कृत का अर्थ भी दे सकता है।
- Tea is cultivated on the hills of Assam.
- She has a cultivated voice and manner.
+Collocations 4
cultivate + crop
wheatteacottonsugarcanevegetables
- Cotton is cultivated widely in Maharashtra and Gujarat.
cultivate + abstract noun
a habita tastean imagefriendshippatience
- He cultivated a habit of waking up early.
adverb + cultivate
carefullywidelycommerciallyintensivelyorganically
- The farmer cultivates the field organically.
cultivated + noun
landareamindmannertaste
- More than half of the cultivated area depends on rain.
“More examples 5
- Farmers cultivate rice in the fertile plains of Bengal.
किसान बंगाल के उपजाऊ मैदानों में चावल की खेती करते हैं।
- The principal wants students to cultivate good manners.
प्रधानाचार्य चाहते हैं कि विद्यार्थी अच्छे शिष्टाचार विकसित करें।
- He cultivated a calm image to win the voters' trust.
उसने मतदाताओं का विश्वास जीतने के लिए शांत छवि बनाई।
- The land was left uncultivated for many years.
वह भूमि कई वर्षों तक बिना खेती के पड़ी रही।
- Reading in the library helped me cultivate a taste for poetry.
पुस्तकालय में पढ़ने से मुझमें कविता के प्रति रुचि विकसित हुई।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ Farmers cultivate on the land every season.
✓ Farmers cultivate the land every season.
Cultivate is a transitive verb and takes its object directly, with no preposition.
'Cultivate' सकर्मक क्रिया है और object सीधे लेती है, बीच में preposition नहीं आता।
✗ He cultivated the habit to read newspapers.
✓ He cultivated the habit of reading newspapers.
Habit is followed by of + gerund, not to-infinitive.
'Habit' के बाद 'of + gerund' आता है, to-infinitive नहीं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Cultivate, grow and farm all relate to raising crops, but their focus differs.
Cultivate, grow और farm तीनों फ़सल उगाने से जुड़े हैं, पर उनका ज़ोर अलग-अलग है।
To prepare land and grow crops with care; also to develop a quality over time.
ध्यानपूर्वक भूमि तैयार करना और फ़सल उगाना; साथ ही समय के साथ कोई गुण विकसित करना।
- They cultivate tea on the slopes.
The general word for making a plant develop; also used when something increases.
पौधे को बढ़ाने के लिए सामान्य शब्द; किसी चीज़ के बढ़ने के लिए भी प्रयुक्त।
- We grow tomatoes on the balcony.
To use land to keep animals or grow crops as a business.
व्यवसाय के रूप में पशुपालन या फ़सल उगाने के लिए भूमि का उपयोग करना।
- His uncle farms ten acres near Nagpur.
◇Word family
§Grammar and usage
Usage: cultivate a habit or friendship (develop it carefully).
प्रयोग में cultivate a habit या friendship (सावधानी से विकसित करना)।