Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) 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. (n.) 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. 3. (n.) 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. 4. (v. t.) To cultivate; to educate. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia CULTURE kul'-tur: Found only in 2 Esdras 8:6 the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American), "give. culture to our understanding," i.e. to nourish it as seed in the ground.