Verb
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adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
"domesticate oats"
"tame the soil"
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teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
"Cultivate your musical taste"
"Train your tastebuds"
"She is well schooled in poetry"
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prepare for crops
"Work the soil"
"cultivate the land"
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foster the growth of