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# cultivated

adjective (cultivated, more cultivated); verb form (past of «cultivate»: cultivated)

«cultivated» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Cultivated land has been dug, planted and looked after for growing crops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultivated/#m1)
2. A cultivated plant has been grown by people on purpose, not wild: «cultivated strawberries». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultivated/#m2)
3. A cultivated person is well educated, polite and knows about art, music and books. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultivated/#m3)
4. As a verb form, «cultivated» means grew or developed: «She cultivated roses»; «He cultivated a friendship». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultivated/#m4)

### In the lessons

In geography and science lessons, cultivated land is farmland; the first farmers cultivated wheat and barley. In history, people moved from hunting and gathering to cultivating crops. In stories, a cultivated character speaks politely and enjoys culture. Phrases: «cultivated land», «cultivated crops», «cultivated manners».

### Examples

- The farmers cultivated rice in the wet fields. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultivated/#x1)
- Wild strawberries are smaller than cultivated ones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultivated/#x2)
- The cultivated fields stretched for miles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultivated/#x3)
- Long ago, people first cultivated wheat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultivated/#x4)
- Her aunt is a cultivated woman who loves opera. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultivated/#x5)
- He cultivated a good friendship with his neighbour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultivated/#x6)
- Jeppe Jans cultivated his fields in summer, and in the winter he made wooden shoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultivated/#x7)

### Note

Past form of «cultivate»: cultivate, cultivates, cultivated, cultivating. Opposite of a cultivated plant is a wild one. Related: cultivation (the act of growing crops).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cultivated» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultivated/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cultivated» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cultivated.html) on Mova free.