culture
/ˈkʌlt͡ʃɚ/ verb C2- to maintain in an environment suitable for growth (especially of bacteria) (compare cultivate)
- to increase the artistic or scientific interest (in something) (compare cultivate)
He/she/it cultures · Past cultured · Past participle cultured · -ing form culturing
Verb forms
- Base form
- culture
- He/she/it
- cultures
- Past
- cultured
- Past participle
- cultured
- -ing form
- culturing
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And they have physical culture exercises every morning and evening.
Finally, he is anxious to see if you have been fortunate enough to escape the bad moral influence to which you have been exposed, and which is infinitely more to be dreaded than any physical suffering; he wishes to discover if the fine abilities with which nature had endowed you have been weakened by want of culture; and, in short, whether you consider yourself capable of resuming and retaining in the world the high position to which your rank entitles you.”
Everything was so strange, so brilliant, so bewildering--the rows of ladies in evening dress, the critical faces, the whole atmosphere of wealth and culture about her.
We have physical culture exercises every day, too.
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