cultivate (crops or land)
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- 1 cultivate (crops or land)、farm
Describes cultivating land and growing crops through an ongoing process of planting and care.
cultivate (crops or land)、farm
To use land to grow crops, including planting seeds or seedlings and caring for them as they develop.
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เกษตรกรเพาะปลูกข้าว kasèettrakɔɔn phɔ́plùuk khâaw Farmers cultivate rice. เกษตรกรเพาะปลูกข้าว details
Learning notes
Explanation
เพาะปลูก combines เพาะ, “to sow or germinate,” with ปลูก, “to plant.” As a whole, however, it refers to the broader agricultural process of preparing land, planting seeds or seedlings, and caring for crops as they grow. It is usable in everyday speech but appears especially often in discussions of agriculture, land use, economics, and weather. Adding การ forms the noun-like expression การเพาะปลูก, meaning “cultivation” or “farming.”
Usage
Commonly used when discussing farmers’ work, crop production, cultivated land, planting seasons, and the effects of floods, drought, or water shortages on agriculture.
Caution
For the simple act of planting a tree or flower, ปลูก is normally more natural. For figuratively instilling an idea, value, or habit in someone, use ปลูกฝัง rather than เพาะปลูก.
Differences from similar words
1 cultivate (crops or land) synonyms
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ปลูก can simply mean “plant,” including the act of putting a tree or flower in the ground. เพาะปลูก usually refers more broadly to the planned, ongoing cultivation of agricultural crops.