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Main Entry:	cultivate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	develop land for growing
Synonyms:	breed, crop, dress, farm, fertilize, garden, harvest, labor, manage, mature, plant, plow, prepare, propagate, raise, ripen, seed, tend, till, work
Antonyms:	destroy, ignore, neglect

Main Entry:	cultivate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	enrich situation; give special attention
Synonyms:	advance, ameliorate, better, bolster, bring on, brownnose, butter up, cherish, civilize, court, develop, discipline, elevate, encourage, enrich, foster, further, improve, nourish, nurse, nurture, polish, promote, refine, train, get in with, get next to, get on good side of, play up to, run after, seek friendship, shine up to, suck up to, take pains with
Antonyms:	ignore, neglect

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Main Entry:	cultivate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	nurture, take care of
Synonyms:	aid, ameliorate, better, cherish, educate, encourage, forward, foster, further, help, improve, instruct, nurse, patronize, promote, pursue, raise, rear, refine, support, teach, train, devote oneself to
Antonyms:	ignore, neglect

Main Entry:	breed
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	raise, nurture
Synonyms:	bring up, cultivate, develop, discipline, educate, foster, instruct, nourish, rear

Main Entry:	bring up
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	raise youngster
Synonyms:	breed, cultivate, develop, discipline, educate, feed, form, foster, nourish, nurture, rear, school, support, teach, train, provide for

Main Entry:	cherish
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	care about deeply
Synonyms:	admire, adore, appreciate, clasp, coddle, comfort, cosset, cultivate, defend, dote on, embrace, encourage, enshrine, entertain, fancy, fondle, foster, guard, harbor, honor, hug, idolize, like, love, nourish, nurse, nurture, pet, preserve, prize, revere, reverence, safeguard, shelter, shield, support, sustain, treasure, value, venerate, worship, apprize, care for, cleave to, cling to, hold dear, hold in high esteem
Notes:	cherish means to be fond of, be attached to, while nurture means to bring up, help develop, help grow, or provide with nourishment
Antonyms:	abandon, denounce, forsake, renounce, not care

Main Entry:	civilize
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make cultured; develop
Synonyms:	acquaint, advance, better, cultivate, edify, educate, elevate, enlighten, ennoble, enrich, foster, humanize, idealize, improve, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, polish, promote, reclaim, refine, tame, uplift, acculturate, ethicize, help forward, sophisticate, spiritualize

Main Entry:	court
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	fawn over, pay attention to
Synonyms:	allure, ask in marriage, attract, beseech, bid, bootlick, captivate, charm, chase, cultivate, curry favor, date, entice, entreat, flatter, follow, gallant, go out with, go steady, go together, go with, grovel, importune, invite, keep company with, make love to, make overture, make time with, pander to, pay addresses to, pay court to, please, pop the question, praise, propose, pursue, run after, seek, seek the hand of, serenade, set one's cap, solicit, spark, spoon, sue, sweetheart, take out, woo
Antonyms:	disregard, ignore

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Main Entry:	develop
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	expand, work out
Synonyms:	actualize, advance, amplify, augment, beautify, broaden, build up, cultivate, deepen, dilate, elaborate, enlarge, enrich, evolve, exploit, extend, finish, heighten, improve, intensify, lengthen, magnify, materialize, perfect, polish, promote, realize, refine, spread, strengthen, stretch, unfold, widen
Antonyms:	circumscribe, compress, confine, decrease, lessen, narrow

Main Entry:	educate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	teach information, experience
Synonyms:	brainwash*, brief, civilize, coach, cultivate, develop, discipline, drill, drum into, edify, enlighten, exercise, explain, foster, improve, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, mature, nurture, rear, school, train, tutor, let in on, put hip, put through the grind, show the ropes
Antonyms:	learn

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Main Entry:	enrich
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	improve, embellish
Synonyms:	adorn, aggrandize, ameliorate, augment, beef up, better, build, build up, cultivate, decorate, develop, endow, enhance, figure in, grace, ornament, pad, parlay, pyramid, refine, spike, step up, supplement, sweeten, up, upgrade, flesh out, hike up, hop up, jack up, jazz up, make rich, pour it on, run up, soup up
Antonyms:	decrease, deplete, impoverish, reduce, take

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Main Entry:	exercise
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	do repeatedly, especially to improve
Synonyms:	break, break in, condition, cultivate, develop, discipline, drill, dry run*, exert, fix, foster, groom, habituate, hone, improve, inure, labor, maneuver, ply, practice, prepare, put out, rehearse, run through, set, strain, teach, train, tune up, work, work out, lick into shape, limber up, loosen up, pump iron, put through grind, put through mill, walk through, warm up

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	farm
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	produce crops, raise animals
Synonyms:	crop, cultivate, direct, dress, garden, graze, grow, harvest, husband, landscape, operate, pasture, plant, plow, ranch, reap, run, seed, sow, subdue, superintend, tend, till, work, bring under cultivation, harrow, homestead, look after, till the soil

Main Entry:	follow
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	act in accordance with
Synonyms:	abide by, accord, adopt, attend, comply, conform, copy, cultivate, emulate, follow suit, harmonize, heed, imitate, keep, match, mimic, mind, mirror, note, obey, observe, reflect, regard, serve, string along*, support, take after, watch, adhere to, be consistent with, be devoted to, be guided by, be in keeping, be interested in, do like, give allegiance to, hold fast, keep abreast of, keep an eye on, live up to, model on, pattern oneself upon, take as an example
Antonyms:	avoid, disregard, scorn

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Main Entry:	foment
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	instigate, provoke
Synonyms:	abet, agitate, arouse, brew, cultivate, encourage, excite, foster, goad, incite, nurse, nurture, promote, quicken, raise, set, spur, start, stimulate, whip up*, fan the flames, set on, sow the seeds, stir up
Antonyms:	cease, dampen, discourage, dissuade, stop

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Main Entry:	form
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	bring into existence; make, produce
Synonyms:	arrange, assemble, block out, bring about, build, cast, complete, compose, conceive, concoct, constitute, construct, consummate, contrive, cook up, create, cultivate, cut, design, develop, devise, dream up, erect, establish, fabricate, fashion, finish, fix, forge, found, frame, hammer out, invent, knock off, make up, manufacture, model, mold, organize, outline, pattern, perfect, plan, plot, project, put together, scheme, set, set up, shape, structure, trace, turn out, work, throw together
Antonyms:	break, destroy, hurt, ruin

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Main Entry:	forward
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	aid, expedite
Synonyms:	advance, assist, back, champion, cultivate, encourage, favor, foster, further, hasten, help, hurry, promote, serve, speed, support, uphold
Antonyms:	cease, halt, hinder, impede, stop

Main Entry:	foster
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	promote, support
Synonyms:	advance, back, champion, cherish, cultivate, encourage, feed, foment, forward, further, harbor, nurse, nurture, serve, stimulate, uphold
Antonyms:	condemn, discourage

Main Entry:	grow
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	become larger, evolve
Synonyms:	abound, advance, age, amplify, arise, augment, become, breed, build, burgeon, come, cultivate, develop, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, fill out, flourish, gain, germinate, heighten, increase, issue, luxuriate, mature, mount, multiply, originate, produce, propagate, raise, ripen, rise, shoot, spread, sprout, stem, stretch, swell, thicken, thrive, turn, vegetate, wax, widen, branch out, burst forth, come to be, get bigger, get taller, maturate, pop up, pullulate, spring up
Antonyms:	decline, decrease, diminish, halt, lessen, reduce, stop, stunt

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Main Entry:	improve
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make or become better
Synonyms:	advance, ameliorate, amend, augment, better, boost, civilize, convalesce, correct, cultivate, develop, edit, elevate, emend, enhance, gain ground, help, increase, lift, look up, meliorate, mend, perk up, pick up, polish, progress, promote, purify, raise, rally, recover, rectify, recuperate, refine, reform, revamp, revise, rise, sharpen, skyrocket, take off, touch up, update, upgrade, come around, doctor up, make strides, set right, shape up, straighten out*, turn the corner
Antonyms:	damage, decline, decrease, diminish, harm, hurt, injure, weaken, worsen