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cultivates

cultivates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cultivate.

Meaning of cultivate

Verb

cultivate (third-person singular simple present cultivates, present participle cultivating, simple past and past participle cultivated)

  1. To grow plants, notably crops.
    • Most farmers in this region cultivate maize.
  2. (figuratively) To nurture; to foster; to tend.
    • They tried to cultivate an interest in learning among their students.
  3. To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting or as a method of weed control between growing crop plants.

Questions about cultivates

What is cultivates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cultivates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cultivate.

Words near cultivates in the dictionary

  1. cultivatable
  2. cultivate
  3. cultivated
  4. cultivated mushroom
  5. cultivated mushrooms
  6. cultivates
  7. cultivateth
  8. cultivating
  9. cultivation
  10. cultivation theory
  11. cultivational

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