Foster the growth of.

Roget 371: cultivate; till the soil; farm, garden; sow, plant; reap, mow, cut; manure, dress the ground, dig, delve, dibble, hoe, plough, plow, harrow, rake, weed, lop and top; backset [U.S.].    ... show more

Roget 375: be sensible of etc. adj.; feel, perceive.    render sensible etc. adj.; sharpen, cultivate, tutor.    cause sensation, impress; excite an impression, produce an impression.    ... show more

Roget 658: improve; be better, become better, get better; mend, amend.    advance etc. (progress) 282; ascend etc. 305; increase etc. 35; fructify, ripen, mature; pick up, come about, rally, take a favorable turn; turn over a new leaf, turn the corner; raise one's head, sow one's wild oats; recover etc. 660.    be better etc. adj., be improved by; turn to right account, turn to good account, turn to best account; profit by, reap the benefit of; make good use of, make capital out of; place to good account.    render better, improve, mend, amend, better; ameliorate, meliorate; correct; decrassify^†.    improve upon, refine upon; rectify; enrich, mellow, elaborate, fatten.    promote, cultivate, advance, forward, enhance; bring forward, bring on; foster etc. 707; invigorate etc. (strengthen) 159.    touch up, rub up, brush up, furbish up, bolster up, vamp up, brighten up, warm up; polish, cook, make the most of, set off to advantage; prune; repair etc. (restore) 660; put in order etc. (arrange) 60.    review, revise; make corrections, make improvements etc. n.; doctor etc. (remedy) 662; purify, etc. 652.    relieve, refresh, infuse new blood into, recruit.    reform, remodel, reorganize; new model.    view in a new light, think better of, appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober.    palliate, mitigate; lessen an evil etc. 36.    ... show more

Roget 707: aid, assist, help, succor, lend one's aid; come to the aid etc. n.. of; contribute, subscribe to; bring aid, give aid, furnish aid, afford aid, supply aid etc. n.; give a helping hand, stretch a hand, lend a helping hand, lend a hand, bear a helping hand, hold out a hand, hold out a helping hand; give one a life, give one a cast, give one a turn; take by the hand, take in tow; help a lame dog over a stile, lend wings to.    relieve, rescue; set up, set agoing^†, set on one's legs; bear through, pull through; give new life to, be the making of; reinforce, reenforce, recruit; set forward, put forward, push forward; give a lift, give a shove, give an impulse to; promote, further, forward, advance expedite, speed, quicken, hasten.    support, sustain, uphold, prop, hold up, bolster.    cradle, nourish; nurture, nurse, dry nurse, suckle, put out to nurse; manure, cultivate, force; foster, cherish, foment; feed the flame, fan the flame.    serve; do service to, tender to, pander to; administer to, subminister to^†, minister to; tend, attend, wait on; take care of etc. 459; entertain; smooth the bed of death.    oblige, accommodate, consult the wishes of; humor, cheer, encourage.    second, stand by; back, back up; pay the piper, abet; work for, make interest for, stick up for, take up the cudgels for; take up the cause of, espouse the cause of, adopt the cause of; advocate, beat up for recruits, press into the service; squire, give moral support to, keep in countenance, countenance, patronize; lend oneself to, lend one's countenance to; smile upon, shine upon; favor, befriend, take in hand, enlist under the banners of; side with etc. (cooperate) 709.    be of use to; subserve etc. (instrument) 631; benefit etc. 648; render a service etc. (utility) 644; conduce etc. (tend) 176.    ... show more

Dutch: kweken

Prepare for crops:
— Cultivate the land.

synonyms: crop, work.

Dutch: ontginnen

Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment:
— Cultivate your musical taste.

synonyms: civilise, civilize, educate, school, train.

Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment.

synonyms: domesticate, naturalise, naturalize, tame.