n. The act or practice of tilling land and preparing it for crops; the agricultural management of land; husbandry in general.n. Land in a cultivated state; tilled land with its crops.n. The act or process of producing by tillage: as, the cultivation of corn or grass.n. The use of a cultivator upon growing crops.n. The process of developing; promotion of growth or strength, physical or mental: as, the cultivation of the oyster; the cultivation of organic germs, or of animal virus; the cultivation of the mind, or of virtue, piety, etc.n. The state of being cultivated; specifically, a state of moral or mental advancement; culture; refinement; the union of learning and taste.n. Synonyms Training, Discipline, Education, etc. See instruction.— and Refinement, etc. See culture.