All cultivate synonyms
cul·ti·vate
C c verb cultivate
- grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- fertilise — Biology. to render (the female gamete) capable of development by uniting it with the male gamete. to fecundate or impregnate (an animal or plant).
- labour — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- work on — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- civilise — To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour.
- patronise — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- bring on — If something brings on an illness, pain, or feeling, especially one that you often suffer from, it causes you to have it.
- butter up — If someone butters you up, they try to please you because they want you to help or support them.
- get in with — start to associate with
- play up to — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- run after — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- shine up to — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
- suck up to — to flatter for one's own profit; toady