recultivate
verb[T]
(alsore-cultivate)uk/ˌriːˈkʌl.tɪ.veɪt/us/ˌriːˈkʌl.tə.veɪt/recultivateverb[T](use land)
topreparelandfor a second, third, etc.timeandgrowcropson it, or togrowaparticularcropfor a second, third, etc.time:
Manyhectaresoffarmlandhave been recultivated since the unexplodedmineshave beendefused.
Thecottonwasgrownon recultivatedlandby PeruvianIndians.
- Vegetation isallowedtoregenerateinareaswheresoilfertilityisexhausted, and it is then recultivated.
- Ofapproximatelya 250squarekilometreareaofopenminingexcavation,roughly50% has been recultivated sofar.
- They willgraduallyre-cultivate andresettlelostterritory.
- Brewersstoreyeastinlabsso that if anything goeswrong, they can recultivatetheirownstrain.
Farming - general words
- agroecology
- agroforestry
- arable
- biodynamic
- biodynamics
- grain
- harvest
- haystack
- hungry gap
- hydroponic
- landless
- landrace
- monoculture
- non-farm
- PYO
- soil
- terrace
- the Agrarian Revolution
- thresh
- yield
recultivateverb[T](develop)
totrytoestablish,develop, andimprovesomething again, for a second, third, etc.time:
Back in hisoldjob, he is re-cultivatingimportantrelationships.
Manywonderfulbluegrasssingershavehelpedpreserveand recultivate thegenreforyears.
- Ithinkwe need to re-cultivate acultureof beingintellectuallycurious, andreadingbroadly.
- Intherapy, she wasencouragedto to re-cultivate her child-likemind.
Making things better
- add salt tosomethingidiom
- allay
- alleviate
- alleviation
- ameliorate
- cultivate
- leavening
- liven(something)up
- lubricate
- make a differenceidiom
- make a world of differenceidiom
- relieve
- revitalize
- revivify
- revolutionize
- salvage
- salve
- save the dayidiom
- sharpen
- tonic