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Verb
S:
(v)
educate (educate%2:41:01::)
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school (school%2:41:02::)
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train (train%2:41:01::)
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cultivate (cultivate%2:41:00::)
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civilize (civilize%2:41:00::)
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civilise (civilise%2:41:00::)
(teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment)
"Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
direct troponym
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full troponym
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(v)
polish (polish%2:30:01::)
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refine (refine%2:30:01::)
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fine-tune (fine-tune%2:30:01::)
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down (down%2:30:00::)
(improve or perfect by pruning or polishing)
"refine one's style of writing"
S:
(v)
overrefine (overrefine%2:30:00::)
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over-refine (over-refine%2:30:00::)
(refine too much or with excess of subtlety)
"He is overrefining this matter"
S:
(v)
educate (educate%2:41:01::)
,
school (school%2:41:02::)
,
train (train%2:41:01::)
,
cultivate (cultivate%2:41:00::)
,
civilize (civilize%2:41:00::)
,
civilise (civilise%2:41:00::)
(teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment)
"Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
direct troponym
/
full troponym
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(v)
polish (polish%2:30:01::)
,
refine (refine%2:30:01::)
,
fine-tune (fine-tune%2:30:01::)
,
down (down%2:30:00::)
(improve or perfect by pruning or polishing)
"refine one's style of writing"
derivationally related form
sentence frame
derivationally related form
sentence frame
S:
(v)
civilize (civilize%2:30:01::)
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civilise (civilise%2:30:01::)
(raise from a barbaric to a civilized state)
"The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"