Cultirostres
(||Cul`ti*ros"tres) n. pl. [NL., fr. L. culter colter of a plow, knife + rostrum bill.] (Zoöl.) A
tribe of wading birds including the stork, heron, crane, etc.
Cultivable
(Cul"ti*va*ble) a. [Cf. F. cultivable.] Capable of being cultivated or tilled. Todd.
Cultivatable
(Cul"ti*va`ta*ble) a. Cultivable.
Cultivate
(Cul"ti*vate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cultivated (-v?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Cultivating (-v?`- t?ng).]
[LL. cultivatus, p. p. of cultivare to cultivate, fr. cultivus cultivated, fr. L. cultus, p. p. of colere to till,
cultivate. Cf. Colony.]
1. To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate
soil.
2. To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish.
Leisure . . . to cultivate general literature.
Wordsworth.
3. To seek the society of; to court intimacy with.
I ever looked on Lord Keppel as one of the greatest and best men of his age; and I loved and cultivated
him accordingly.
Burke.
4. To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to; to civilize; to refine.
To cultivate the wild, licentious savage.
Addison.
The mind of man hath need to be prepared for piety and virtue; it must be cultivated to the end.
Tillotson.
5. To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing; as, to cultivate corn or grass.
Cultivation
(Cul`ti*va"tion) n. [Cf. F. cultivation.]
1. The art or act of cultivating; improvement for agricultural purposes or by agricultural processes; tillage; production
by tillage.
2. Bestowal of time or attention for self-improvement or for the benefit of others; fostering care.
3. The state of being cultivated; advancement in physical, intellectual, or moral condition; refinement; culture.
Italy . . . was but imperfectly reduced to cultivation before the irruption of the barbarians.
Hallam.
Cultivator
(Cul"ti*va`tor) n. [Cf. F. cultivateur.]
1. One who cultivates; as, a cultivator of the soil; a cultivator of literature. Whewell.
2. An agricultural implement used in the tillage of growing crops, to loosen the surface of the earth and
kill the weeds; esp., a triangular frame set with small shares, drawn by a horse and by handles.
In a broader signification it includes any complex implement for pulverizing or stirring the surface of the
soil, as harrows, grubbers, horse hoes, etc.
Cultrate
(Cul"trate Cul"tra*ted) (-tr?- t?d), a. [L. cultratus knife-shaped, fromculter, cultri, knife.] (Bot.
& Zoöl.) Sharp-edged and pointed; shaped like a pruning knife, as the beak of certain birds.
Cultriform
(Cul"tri*form) a. [L. culter, cultri, knife + -form.] (Bot. & Zoöl.) Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.
