cultivating

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.