Associations to the word «Cultivated»

Wiktionary

CULTIVATED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of cultivate
CULTIVATED, adjective. (of a person) cultured, refined, educated
CULTIVATED, adjective. (of a plant) grown by cultivation (not wild)
CULTIVATED, adjective. (of land) farmed

Dictionary definition

CULTIVATED, adjective. (of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing; "cultivated land".
CULTIVATED, adjective. No longer in the natural state; developed by human care and for human use; "cultivated roses"; "cultivated blackberries".
CULTIVATED, adjective. Marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats