The Clue
Refined (10 letter answer)
The Answer
CULTIVATED
Tags
Notes
The answer CULTIVATED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
CULTIVATE as a verb:
1. foster the growth of
2. (cultivate, crop, work) = prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"
3. (educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise) = train to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
4. (domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame) = adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
CULTIVATED as an adjective:
1. (of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing; "cultivated land"
2. no longer in the natural state; developed by human care and for human use; "cultivated roses"; "cultivated blackberries"
3. (civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite) = marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"