Synonyms: culture
Definition: the raising of plants or animals
Usage: the culture of oysters
Similar words: cultivation
Definition: (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale)
Synonyms: culture
Definition: (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar)
Usage: the culture of cells in a Petri dish
Similar words: growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development
Definition: (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
Usage: he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children
Synonyms: culture
Definition: the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group
Similar words: taste, perceptiveness, discernment, appreciation
Definition: delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)
Usage: arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success; to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste
Synonyms: culture, acculturation
Definition: all the knowledge and values shared by a society
Similar words: mental object, content, cognitive content
Definition: the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
Synonyms: culture
Definition: the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization
Usage: the developing drug culture; the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture
Similar words: attitude, mental attitude
Definition: a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
Usage: he had the attitude that work was fun
Synonyms: culture, civilisation, civilization
Definition: a particular society at a particular time and place
Usage: early Mayan civilization
Similar words: society
Definition: an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
Synonyms: cultivation, culture, finish, refinement, polish
Definition: a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
Usage: they performed with great polish; I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose; almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art--Joseph Conrad
Similar words: ne plus ultra, perfection, flawlessness
Definition: the state of being without a flaw or defect
Synonyms: culture
Definition: grow in a special preparation
Usage: the biologist grows microorganisms