เพาะ
germinate (seeds)
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- 1 germinate (seeds)、raise (seedlings or sprouts)
- 2 breed (animals)、culture (microorganisms or cells)
It means creating the conditions for plants, organisms, or even qualities and habits to emerge, multiply, and develop from an early stage.
germinate (seeds)、raise (seedlings or sprouts)
It describes germinating seeds or raising plants, seedlings, and sprouts from their earliest stage.
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เพาะเมล็ดในดิน phɔ́ malét nay din germinate seeds in soil เพาะเมล็ดในดิน details
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เพาะถั่วงอก phɔ́ thûa ŋɔ̂ɔk grow bean sprouts เพาะถั่วงอก details
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ชาวสวนเพาะต้นกล้าไว้ขาย chaaw sǔan phɔ́ tôn klâa wáy khǎay The gardener raises seedlings for sale. ชาวสวนเพาะต้นกล้าไว้ขาย details
breed (animals)、culture (microorganisms or cells)
It describes breeding animals or culturing microorganisms, cells, and similar living material under suitable conditions.
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เพาะปลา phɔ́ plaa breed fish เพาะปลา details
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เพาะเห็ด phɔ́ hèt cultivate mushrooms เพาะเห็ด details
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นำตัวอย่างไปเพาะเชื้อ nam tua yàaŋ pay phɔ́ chʉ́a send the sample for culturing นำตัวอย่างไปเพาะเชื้อ details
Learning notes
Explanation
The central idea of เพาะ is to provide suitable conditions so that something can emerge, multiply, and develop from an early stage. With plants, it focuses on germination and raising seedlings rather than the entire growing cycle. With animals, it can refer to breeding; with microorganisms or cells, it means culturing. Figuratively, it can describe habits, creativity, hatred, and other qualities taking root and developing. It is a common verb used in everyday gardening as well as agriculture, aquaculture, laboratory testing, and research.
Usage
It is commonly used when germinating seeds, raising seedlings or bean sprouts, cultivating mushrooms, breeding fish or other animals, and culturing microorganisms or cells in a laboratory. It is also used figuratively in education, parenting, and social discussion for cultivating habits, abilities, attitudes, or emotions.
Caution
Do not confuse เพาะ with เพราะ. เพาะ is a verb meaning to germinate, breed, or culture, while เพราะ, with ร, is used for meanings such as “because” or “since.” For planting or growing plants in a broad sense, ปลูก may be more natural. For keeping and raising animals over time, เลี้ยง is often preferable. เพาะ particularly emphasizes initiating germination, reproduction, or growth.
Differences from similar words
1 germinate (seeds) synonyms
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ปลูก broadly means to plant or grow a crop through its cultivation cycle. เพาะ focuses more specifically on germination and the early raising of seedlings or sprouts.
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หว่าน refers to scattering or sowing seeds over an area. เพาะ emphasizes causing them to germinate and caring for their early growth, not the method of distributing them.
2 breed (animals) synonyms
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ขยายพันธุ์ explicitly means to propagate or reproduce plants and animals. เพาะ more strongly suggests providing suitable conditions in which eggs, seeds, microorganisms, or other living material can develop and multiply.
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เลี้ยง means keeping and caring for animals, including feeding and raising them. เพาะ focuses on producing new offspring or increasing their numbers through breeding.