cultivates is a form of:

Cultivate



verbpast tense: cultivated ; past participle: cultivated ; present participle: cultivating ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) (To prepare and use (land) for crops, to produce (crops) by tending them, to grow (plants), to develop or improve, to seek to become familiar with, to try to win the friendship of (someone) ) ធ្វើស្រែចម្ការ, ដាំដុះ
Example: cultivate the land, to cultivate the mind by study.cultivate land ធ្វើកសិកម្ម (លើ) / cultivate corn ជ្រោយដី (នៅជិតគល់ដំណាំ) / cultivate a peasant អប់រំ, cultivate someone's friendship បណ្ដុះឱ្យមានឡើង
2.
(បច្ចេកទេស) ធ្វើអាជីកម្មទាញយកប្រយោជន៍ពី ជ្រោមជ្រែងអោយមាន
ENGLISH MEANING
verbpast tense: cultivated ; past participle: cultivated ; present participle: cultivating ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish.
3.
(TRANSITIVE) To seek the society of; to court intimacy with.
4.
(TRANSITIVE) To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to; to civilize; to refine.
5.
(TRANSITIVE) To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing; as, to cultivate corn or grass.