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καλλιεργώ — meaning in English

kalliergo

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English meaning

  • culture noun The shared customs, beliefs, arts, and way of life of a particular group of people.
  • farm noun Land, together with its buildings, used for growing crops or raising animals.
  • nurse noun A person trained to care for the sick or injured, typically working under a doctor.

Senses

καλλιεργώ is used for these senses in English:

  • farm (transitive) To grow (a particular crop).
  • farm To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; to farm out.
  • nurse (transitive, figuratively) To cultivate or persistently entertain (an attitude, usually negative) in one's mind; to brood or obsess over.

culture — full definition

  1. noun The shared customs, beliefs, arts, and way of life of a particular group of people.
  2. verb To grow living cells, bacteria, or tissue under controlled conditions.

farm — full definition

  1. noun Land, together with its buildings, used for growing crops or raising animals.
  2. noun A facility with many similar units used for an industrial or computing purpose.
  3. verb To grow crops or keep livestock as an occupation.
  4. verb To hand off a task, contract, or piece of work to someone else ("farm out").

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