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Any of several devices used to loosen or stir the soil, either to remove weeds or to provide aeration and drainage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonyms: scarifier, scuffler (not always precisely differentiated; dialectal usage has varied)
- As the crop gets bigger, the shank spacing on the cultivator will need to be adjusted accordingly.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: grubber, scarifier, scuffler
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: implement
A person who cultivates.
Someone who uses a cultivator (implement, device, or machine).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The cultivators were out among the row crops, keeping the weeds in check.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A person who cultivates.
Someone who grows plants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonyms: grower, planter, farmer
- She was a devoted cultivator of roses and orchids.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: grower, planter, farmer
Antonyms: none provided
A person who cultivates.
Someone who fosters something besides plants (such as human development or relationships).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- She was a wonderful cultivator of potential in her direct reports.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tiller
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: farm machine
Narrower terms: harrow
someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: agriculturist, agriculturalist, grower, raiser
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: farmer, husbandman, granger, sodbuster
Narrower terms: fruit grower, viticulturist
From cultivate + -or, partly after French cultivateur.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
kultivaattori
— device used to loosen or stir the soil
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French:
motoculteur
— device used to loosen or stir the soil
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Georgian:
კულტივატორი
(ḳulṭivaṭori)
— device used to loosen or stir the soil
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German:
Ackerfräse
— device used to loosen or stir the soil
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German:
Kultivator
— device used to loosen or stir the soil
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Greek:
σκαλιστήρι
(skalistíri)
— device used to loosen or stir the soil
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Hindi:
खेतिहर
(khetihar)
— device used to loosen or stir the soil
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Hungarian:
kultivátor
— device used to loosen or stir the soil
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Korean:
경운기
(gyeong'un'gi)
— device used to loosen or stir the soil
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Polish:
drapacz
— device used to loosen or stir the soil
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Polish:
kultywator
— device used to loosen or stir the soil
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Russian:
культива́тор
(kulʹtivátor)
— device used to loosen or stir the soil
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Swedish:
jordfräs
— device used to loosen or stir the soil
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Swedish:
kultivator
— device used to loosen or stir the soil
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Swedish:
uppluckrare
— device used to loosen or stir the soil
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Akkadian:
𒇽𒀳𒇲
(errēšum)
— person who cultivates
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Finnish:
viljelijä
— person who cultivates
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French:
cultivateur
— person who cultivates
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Greek:
καλλιεργητής
(kalliergitís)
— person who cultivates
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Hindi:
खेतिहर
(khetihar)
— person who cultivates
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Indonesian:
penanam
— person who cultivates
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Korean:
경작자
(gyeongjakja)
— person who cultivates
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Polish:
kultywator
— person who cultivates
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Polish:
kultywatorka
— person who cultivates
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Romanian:
cultivator
— person who cultivates
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Russian:
культива́тор
(kulʹtivátor)
— person who cultivates
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Swedish:
odlare
— person who cultivates
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Telugu:
కర్షకుడు
(karṣakuḍu)
— person who cultivates
