cultivated

(verb) foster the growth of. Synonyms: cultivate.

(verb) prepare for crops. Synonyms: cultivate, crop, work. Examples: "Work the soil." "Cultivate the land."

(verb) teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment. Synonyms: educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise. Examples: "Cultivate your musical taste." "Train your tastebuds." "She is well schooled in poetry."

(verb) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment. Synonyms: domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame. Examples: "Domesticate oats." "Tame the soil."

(adj) (of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing. Synonyms: cultivated (vs. uncultivated). Example: "Cultivated land."

(adj) no longer in the natural state; developed by human care and for human use. Examples: "Cultivated roses." "Cultivated blackberries."

(adj) marked by refinement in taste and manners. Synonyms: civilized, civilised, cultured, genteel, polite. Examples: "Cultivated speech." "Cultured bostonians." "Cultured tastes." "A genteel old lady." "Polite society."