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cultivate: prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"; foster the growth of

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break the ice collapse

smelt collapse: small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters; small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water; extract (metals) by heating

hoe collapse: a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle; dig with a hoe; "He is hoeing the flower beds"

mulch collapse: a protective covering of rotting vegetable matter spread to reduce evaporation and soil erosion; cover with mulch; "mulch the flowerbeds"

spoon feed collapse

lay the foundation collapse

cosset collapse

pamper collapse: treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"

dry nurse collapse: a nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant

wet nurse collapse: a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else

play up to collapse

pave the way collapse

clear the way collapse

fertilize collapse: provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"; make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her imagination"

nourish collapse: provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"

fondle collapse

beautify collapse

make advances collapse

housebreak collapse: train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house

suckle collapse: suck milk from the mother's breasts; "the infant was suckling happily"

propagate collapse: multiply sexually or asexually; cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering; transmit or cause to broaden or spread; "This great civilization was propagated throughout the land"; transmit; "propagate sound or light through air"; travel through the air; "sound and light propagate in this medium"; transmit from one generation to the next; "propagate these characteristics"

run after collapse

delve collapse

educate collapse: give an education to; "We must educate our youngsters better"; train to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"

coddle collapse: cook in nearly boiling water; "coddle eggs"

ripen collapse: grow ripe; "The plums ripen in July"; cause to ripen or develop fully; "The sun ripens the fruit"; "Age matures a good wine"

fetch up collapse

care for collapse: be fond of; be attached to; have a liking, fondness, or taste (for)

weed out collapse: remove unwanted elements; "The company weeded out the incompetent people"; "The new law weeds out the old inequities"

cherish collapse

sharpen collapse: become sharp or sharper; "The debate sharpened"; make sharp or sharper; "We had to sharpen our arguments"; make (one's senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your vision"; give a point to; "The candles are tapered"; raise the pitch of (musical notes); make sharp or sharper; "sharpen the knives"; make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper

entertain collapse: take into consideration, have in view; "He entertained the notion of moving to South America"; provide entertainment for

make up to collapse

embellish collapse

till collapse: unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together; work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation; "till the soil"

rehearse collapse: engage in a rehearsal (of)

pursue collapse: follow in or as if in pursuit; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life"; carry further or advance; "Can you act on this matter soon?"

exploit collapse: use or manipulate to one's advantage; "He exploit the new taxation system"; "She knows how to work the system"; "he works his parents for sympathy"; draw from; make good use of; "we must exploit the resources we are given wisely"

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