Synonyms of the word

cultivate

• v. To grow plants, notably crops.
• v. To nurture; to foster; to tend.
• v. To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting.

accommodate

• v. (transitive, often reflexive) To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt.
• v. (transitive) To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.
• v. (transitive) To provide housing for.
• v. (transitive) to provide with something desired, needed, or convenient.
• v. (transitive) To do a favor or service for; to oblige;.
• v. (transitive) To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings…
• v. (transitive) To give consideration to; to allow for.
• v. (transitive) To contain comfortably; to have space for.
• v. (intransitive, rare) To adapt oneself; to be conformable or adapted; become adjusted.
• adj. (obsolete) Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end.

adapt

• v. (transitive) To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit; to proportion.
• v. (transitive) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.
• v. (transitive) To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character.
• v. (intransitive) To change oneself so as to be adapted.
• adj. Adapted; fit; suited; suitable.

civilise

• v. To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour.
• v. To introduce or impose the standards of one civilisation upon another civilization, group or person, arguably…
• v. To bring from a state of savagery to an educated or refined state.

civilize

• v. Alternative spelling of civilise.

crop

• n. (agriculture) A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or…
• n. The natural production for a specific year, particularly of plants.
• n. A group, cluster or collection of things occurring at the same time.
• n. The lashing end of a whip.
• n. An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding; a riding crop.
• n. A rocky outcrop.
• n. The act of cropping.
• n. A short haircut.
• n. (anatomy) A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store…
• n. (architecture) The foliate part of a finial.
• n. (archaic or dialect) The head of a flower, especially when picked; an ear of corn; the top branches of…
• n. (mining) Tin ore prepared for smelting.
• n. (mining) Outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface.
• v. (transitive) To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.
• v. (transitive) To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short.
• v. (transitive) To remove the outer parts of a photograph or image in order to frame the subject better.
• v. (intransitive) To yield harvest.
• v. (transitive) To cause to bear a crop.

domesticate

• v. (transitive) To make domestic.
• v. (transitive) To make fit for domestic life.
• v. (transitive) To adapt to live with humans.
• v. (intransitive) To adapt to live with humans.
• v. (transitive) To make a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one…
• n. An animal or plant that has been domesticated.

down

• n. (especially southern England) A hill, especially a chalk hill; rolling grassland.
• n. (usually in the plural) A field, especially one used for horse racing.
• n. (Britain, chiefly in the plural) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered…
• n. (slang, rare, countable) A penis.
• adv. (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
• adv. (comparable) At a lower and/or further along or away place or position along a set path.
• adv. South (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
• adv. (Ireland) Away from the city (even if the location is to the North).
• adv. Into a state of non-operation.
• adv. To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
• adv. (rail transport) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
• adv. (sentence substitute, imperative) Get down.
• adv. (Britain, academia) Away from Oxford or Cambridge.
• adv. From a remoter or higher antiquity.
• adv. From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence.
• adv. From less to greater detail.
• adv. (intensifier) Used with verbs to add emphasis to the action of the verb.
• adv. Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, rather…
• prep. From the higher end to the lower of.
• prep. From one end to another of.
• adj. Depressed, feeling low.
• adj. At a lower level than before.
• adj. Having a lower score than an opponent.
• adj. (baseball, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.
• adj. (colloquial) With "on", negative about, hostile to.
• adj. (not comparable, US, slang) Comfortable with, accepting of.
• adj. (not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
• adj. Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled…
• adj. (not comparable, military, law enforcement, slang, of a person) Wounded and unable to move normally; killed.
• adj. (not comparable, military, aviation, slang, of an aircraft) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down,…
• adj. Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.).
• adj. (obsolete) Downright; absolute; positive.
• v. (transitive) To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid…
• v. (transitive) To cause to come down; to knock down or subdue.
• v. (transitive, pocket billiards) To put a ball in a pocket; to pot a ball.
• v. (transitive, American football) To bring a play to an end by touching the ball to the ground or while…
• v. (transitive) To write off; to make fun of.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To go down; to descend.
• n. A negative aspect; a downer.
• n. (dated) A grudge (on someone).
• n. An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
• n. (American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle…
• n. (crosswords) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
• n. A downstairs room of a two-story house.
• n. Down payment.
• n. Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping…
• n. (botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as…
• n. The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
• n. That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
• v. (transitive) To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.

educate

• v. to instruct or train.

fine-tune

• v. To make small adjustments to something until optimization is achieved.

fix

• n. A repair or corrective action.
• n. A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma.
• n. (informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.
• n. A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game,…
• n. A determination of location.
• n. (US) fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
• v. (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
• v. (transitive) To mend, to repair.
• v. (transitive, informal) To prepare (food).
• v. (transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular…
• v. (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
• v. (transitive, mathematics, sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.
• v. (transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
• v. (transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will…
• v. (transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
• v. (intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
• v. (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal;…

naturalise

• v. Alternative spelling of naturalize.

naturalize

• v. To grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen.
• v. To acclimatize an animal or plant.
• v. To make natural.
• v. To limit explanations of a phenomenon to naturalistic ones and exclude supernatural ones.
• v. (linguistics) To make (a word) a natural part of the language.

polish

• n. A substance used to polish.
• n. Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.
• n. Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.
• v. (transitive) To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
• v. (transitive) To refine; remove imperfections from.
• v. (transitive) To apply shoe polish to shoes.
• v. (intransitive) To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.
• v. (transitive) To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite.

prepare

• v. (transitive) To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble.
• v. (transitive) To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook.
• v. (intransitive) To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation.
• v. (transitive) To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.
• n. (obsolete) preparation.

ready

• adj. Prepared for immediate action or use.
• adj. Inclined; apt to happen.
• adj. Liable at any moment.
• adj. Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert.
• adj. Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient.
• v. To make prepared for action.
• n. (slang) ready money; cash.

refine

• v. (transitive) To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities.
• v. (intransitive) To become pure; to be cleared of impure matter.
• v. (transitive) To purify of coarseness, vulgarity, inelegance etc.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
• v. (transitive) To make nice or subtle.

school

• n. (collective) A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.
• n. A multitude.
• v. (intransitive) (of fish) To form into, or travel in a school.
• n. (US, Canada) An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.
• n. (Britain) An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education…
• n. (Britain) At Eton College, a period or session of teaching.
• n. Within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which…
• n. An art movement, a community of artists.
• n. (considered collectively) The followers of a particular doctrine; a particular way of thinking or particular…
• n. The time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution.
• n. The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honours are held.
• n. The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class…
• n. An establishment offering specialized instruction, as for driving, cooking, typing, coding, etc.
• v. (transitive) To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school.).
• v. (transitive) To defeat emphatically, to teach an opponent a harsh lesson.
• v. (transitive) To control, or compose, one's expression.

set

• v. (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
• v. (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
• v. (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
• v. (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
• v. (transitive) To determine or settle.
• v. (transitive) To adjust.
• v. (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
• v. (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
• v. (transitive) To introduce or describe.
• v. (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to.
• v. (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
• v. (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
• v. (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
• v. (transitive) To arrange (type).
• v. (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
• v. (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
• v. (intransitive) To solidify.
• v. (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
• v. (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
• v. (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
• v. (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
• v. (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
• v. (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
• v. To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
• v. (hunting, transitive, intransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
• v. (obsolete) To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To fit music to words.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
• v. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
• v. To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
• v. To place or fix in a setting.
• v. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
• v. To extend and bring into position; to spread.
• v. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
• v. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
• v. (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
• v. (obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
• v. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
• v. (obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
• v. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
• v. (Scotland) To suit; to become.
• n. A punch for setting nails in wood.
• n. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
• n. Alternative form of sett: a hole made and lived in by a badger.
• n. Alternative form of sett: pattern of threads and yarns.
• n. Alternative form of sett: piece of quarried stone.
• n. (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
• n. The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
• n. (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
• n. (engineering) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending,…
• n. (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached…
• n. (printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
• n. A young oyster when first attached.
• n. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
• n. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun).
• n. (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
• n. The camber of a curved roofing tile.
• adj. Fixed in position.
• adj. Rigid, solidified.
• adj. Ready, prepared.
• adj. Intent, determined (to do something).
• adj. Prearranged.
• adj. Fixed in one’s opinion.
• adj. (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
• n. A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
• n. A rudimentary fruit.
• n. The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
• n. (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
• n. A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 1, Noun.).
• n. A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
• n. An object made up of several parts.
• n. (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order…
• n. (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
• n. A group of people, usually meeting socially.
• n. The scenery for a film or play.
• n. (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
• n. (exercise (sport)) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
• n. (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
• n. (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
• n. (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
• n. (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
• n. (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
• n. (Britain, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
• n. (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is a on the board…
• v. (Britain, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability.

tame

• adj. Not or no longer wild; domesticated.
• adj. (chiefly of animals) Mild and well-behaved; accustomed to human contact.
• adj. Not exciting.
• adj. Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
• adj. (mathematics, of a knot) Capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
• v. (transitive) to make something tame.
• v. (intransitive) to become tame.
• v. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute;…

train

• n. Elongated portion.
• n. Connected sequence of people or things.
• v. (intransitive) To practice an ability.
• v. (transitive) To teach and form by practice; to educate; to exercise with discipline.
• v. (intransitive) To improve one's fitness.
• v. To proceed in sequence.
• v. (transitive) To move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction.
• v. (transitive, horticulture) To encourage (a plant or branch) to grow in a particular direction or shape,…
• v. (mining) To trace (a lode or any mineral appearance) to its head.
• v. (transitive, video games) To create a trainer for; to apply cheats to (a game).
• v. (obsolete) To draw along; to trail; to drag.
• v. (obsolete) To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure.
• n. (obsolete) Treachery; deceit.
• n. (obsolete) A trick or stratagem.
• n. (obsolete) A trap for animals; a snare.
• n. (obsolete) A lure; a decoy.

work

• n. (heading, uncountable) Employment.
• n. (heading, uncountable) Effort.
• n. Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.
• n. (heading) Product; the result of effort.
• n. (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
• n. (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
• v. (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
• v. (transitive) To effect by gradual degrees.
• v. (transitive) To embroider with thread.
• v. (transitive) To set into action.
• v. (transitive) To cause to ferment.
• v. (intransitive) To ferment.
• v. (transitive) To exhaust, by working.
• v. (transitive) To shape, form, or improve a material.
• v. (transitive) To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
• v. (transitive) To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
• v. (transitive) To provoke or excite; to influence.
• v. (transitive) To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
• v. (transitive) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
• v. (transitive) To cause to work.
• v. (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
• v. (intransitive) To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.
• v. (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
• v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled;.
• v. (transitive, with two objects, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something).
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To hurt; to ache.