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odla — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • breed verb To produce offspring, especially of animals reproducing.
  • cultivate verb To prepare and use land for growing crops.
  • farm noun Land, together with its buildings, used for growing crops or raising animals.
  • grow verb To increase in size, amount, or extent over time.
  • lizard noun A reptile with four legs, a long tail, and (usually) scaly skin, distinct from snakes.

Senses

odla is used for these senses in English:

  • breed To propagate or grow (plants) in an effort to give (them) certain qualities.
  • cultivate To grow plants, notably crops.
  • farm (transitive) To grow (a particular crop).
  • grow (transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
  • lizard (chiefly, in attributive use) Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.

breed — full definition

  1. verb To produce offspring, especially of animals reproducing.
  2. verb To keep and mate animals deliberately, aiming to produce specific traits in their offspring.
  3. verb To cause or lead to something, especially something negative, over time.
  4. noun A particular type of animal (or occasionally plant) within a species, produced through selective mating.

cultivate — full definition

  1. verb To prepare and use land for growing crops.
  2. verb To develop or improve a skill, relationship, or quality over time.

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