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English Dictionary: culture	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for culture
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
culture n a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization" Synonym(s): culture, civilization, civilisation the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group all the knowledge and values shared by a society Synonym(s): acculturation, culture (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar); "the culture of cells in a Petri dish" 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 Synonym(s): polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finish 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" the raising of plants or animals; "the culture of oysters" v grow in a special preparation; "the biologist grows microorganisms"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Culture \Cul"ture\, n. 1. (Biol.) (a) The cultivation of bacteria or other organisms in artificial media or under artificial conditions. (b) The collection of organisms resulting from such a cultivation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Culture \Cul"ture\ (k?l"t?r; 135), n. [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 the culture, 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 paidei`a, the Romans 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Culture \Cul"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cultured} (-t?rd; 135); p. pr. & vb. n. {Culturing}.] To cultivate; to educate. They came . . . into places well inhabited and cultured. --Usher.