cultivate

Verb

• adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
  • domesticate oats
    
  • tame the soil
    

• teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
  • Cultivate your musical taste
    
  • Train your tastebuds
    
  • She is well schooled in poetry
    

• prepare for crops
  • Work the soil
    
  • cultivate the land
    

• foster the growth of

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  domesticate , naturalize , naturalise , tame , educate , school , train , civilize , civilise , crop , work