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Culture

noun

1.

A particular society at a particular time and place. Synonyms: civilisation, civilization.

2.

The tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group.

3.

All the knowledge and values shared by a society. Synonym: acculturation.

4.

(biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar).

5.

A highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality. Synonyms: cultivation, finish, polish, refinement. "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose" , "Almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"

6.

The attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization. "The reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture"

7.

The raising of plants or animals.

verb

(past & past part. cultured; pres. part. culturing)

1.

Grow in a special preparation.

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... they keep their mother tongue, though all of the blackest, through the power of the sun's rays." The Arab voyagers of the 9th century say that the island was colonised with Greeks by Alexander the Great, in order to promote the culture of the Socotrine aloes; when the other Greeks adopted Christianity these did likewise, and they had continued to retain their profession of it. The colonising by Alexander is probably a fable, but invented to ...

— The Travels of Marco Polo, Volume 2 • Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa

... an address at Harvard on the "Progress of Culture" (printed in his Letters and Social Aims), in which he enumerates optimistically the indications of social advance: "the new scope of social science; the abolition of capital punishment and of imprisonment for debt: the ...

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... courageously, the papers brought to the artist's wretched house the echoes of the triumphs of the "fair Countess of Alberca." Her name appeared in the first line of every account of an aristocratic function. Besides, they called her "enlightened," and talked about her literary culture, her classic education which she owed to her "illustrious father," now dead. And with this public news there reached the artist on the whispering wings of Madrid gossip other tales that represented the Countess of Alberca as consoling herself merrily for the mistake she ...

— Woman Triumphant - (La Maja Desnuda) • Vicente Blasco Ibanez

... been interested in the fact that the young boatman was fond of reading. His tastes in literature and his eagerness for knowledge and culture would have provided excellent matter for an article. But the prospect of a royal marriage on Inishrua excited her, and she had no curiosity left for Peter Gahan and his books. She asked a string of eager questions about ...

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