Verbs

(v)cultivate, crop, workprepare for crops“Work the soil”, “cultivate the land”
(v)educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civiliseteach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment“Cultivate your musical taste”, “Train your tastebuds”, “She is well schooled in poetry”
(v)domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tameadapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment“domesticate oats”, “tame the soil”
(v)foster, further, cultivatepromote the growth of“Foster our children's well-being and education”