cultivated

[ kuhl-tuh-vey-tid ]
/ ˈkʌl təˌveɪ tɪd /
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adjective

prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
produced or improved by cultivation, as a plant.
educated; refined; cultured: cultivated tastes.

Origin of cultivated

First recorded in 1655–65; cultivate + -ed2

OTHER WORDS FROM cultivated

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH cultivated

cultivated cultured

Words nearby cultivated

cultism, cultivable, cultivar, cultivate, cultivate one's own garden, cultivated, cultivation, cultivator, cultrate, cultural, cultural anthropology

Words related to uncultivated

arid, barbaric, barbarous, coarse, crass, crude, fallow, rough, rude, savage, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, undeveloped, wild, lowbrow, unplowed

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British Dictionary definitions for uncultivated (1 of 2)

uncultivated
/ (ʌnˈkʌltɪˌveɪtɪd) /

adjective

(of a garden, fields, the earth, etc) not having been tilled and prepared or planted
(of a mind, person, etc) not improved by education

British Dictionary definitions for uncultivated (2 of 2)

cultivated
/ (ˈkʌltɪˌveɪtɪd) /

adjective

cultured, refined, or educated
((of land or soil))
  1. subjected to tillage or cultivation
  2. tilled and broken up
(of plants) specially bred or improved by cultivation