CULTURE

culture

(noun) the raising of plants or animals; “the culture of oysters”

culture

(noun) (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar); “the culture of cells in a Petri dish”

culture

(noun) the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group

acculturation, culture

(noun) all the knowledge and values shared by a society

culture

(noun) the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization; “the developing drug culture”; “the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture”

culture, civilization, civilisation

(noun) a particular society at a particular time and place; “early Mayan civilization”

polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finish

(noun) a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; “they performed with great polish”; “I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose”; “almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art”--Joseph Conrad

culture

(verb) grow in a special preparation; “the biologist grows microorganisms”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

culture (countable and uncountable, plural cultures)

The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize a particular society or nation.

The beliefs, values, behaviour and material objects that constitute a people's way of life.

The conventional conducts and ideologies of a community; the system comprising of the accepted norms and values of a society.

(anthropology) Any knowledge passed from one generation to the next, not necessarily with respect to human beings.

(botany) Cultivation.

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(microbiology) The process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity in an artificial medium.

The growth thus produced.

A group of bacteria.

(cartography) The details on a map that do not represent natural features of the area delineated, such as names and the symbols for towns, roads, meridians, and parallels.

(archaeology) A recurring assemblage of artifacts from a specific time and place that may constitute the material culture remains of a particular past human society.

Verb

culture (third-person singular simple present cultures, present participle culturing, simple past and past participle cultured)

(transitive) to maintain in an environment suitable for growth (especially of bacteria) (compare cultivate)

(transitive) to increase the artistic or scientific interest (in something) (compare cultivate)

Source: Wiktionary

Cul"ture (kl"tr; 135), n. Etym: [F. culture, L. cultura, fr. colere to till, cultivate; of uncertain origin. Cf. Colony.]

1. The act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the culture of the soil.

2. The act of, or any labor or means employed for, training, disciplining, or refining the moral and intellectual nature of man; as. the culture of the mind. If vain our toil We ought to blame theculture, not the soil. Pepe.

3. The state of being cultivated; result of cultivation; physical improvement; enlightenment and discipline acquired by mental and moral training; civilization; refinement in manners and taste. What the Greeks expressed by their humanitas, we less happily try to express by the more artificial word culture. J. C. Shairp. The list of all the items of the general life of a people represents that whole which we call its culture. Tylor. Culture fluid, a fluid in which the germs of microscopic organisms are made to develop, either for purposes of study or as a means of modifying their virulence.

Cul"ture, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Cultured (-trd; 135); p. pr. & vb. n. Culturing.]

Definition: To cultivate; to educate. They came . . . into places well inhabited and cultured. Usher.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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