cultivate (v.)
- advance
- ameliorate
- apprentice
- approach
- beautify
- better
- break
- breed
- brown-nose
- carve
- cherish
- chisel
- coddle
- condition
- convert
- cosset
- court
- cradle
- crop
- culture
- cut
- delve
- develop
- dig
- discipline
- dress
- drill
- dry-nurse
- educate
- elaborate
- embellish
- encourage
- evolve
- excite
- exercise
- extract
- farm
- feed
- fertilize
- finish
- fit
- fondle
- force
- form
- foster
- further
- groom
- grow
- harrow
- harvest
- hoe
- house-train
- housebreak
- improve
- instruct
- labor
- list
- machine
- manage
- mature
- mill
- mine
- mother
- mulch
- nourish
- nurse
- nurture
- pamper
- perfect
- plow
- polish
- practice
- prepare
- process
- produce
- promote
- propagate
- prune
- pump
- quicken
- raise
- rake
- ready
- rear
- refine
- rehearse
- ripen
- season
- sensibilize
- sensitize
- sharpen
- smelt
- spade
- stimulate
- stir
- suckle
- sustain
- teach
- tend
- thin
- till
- train
- weed
- wet-nurse
- whet
- woo
- work
We cultivate literature on a little oatmeal.