farming
farmings
Farming is the act or process of working the ground, planting seeds, and growing edible plants. You can also describe raising animals for milk or meat as farming.
Farming is a great way to describe the lifestyle and work of people whose jobs are in the agriculture industry. People often have a romantic idea of what farming is like — roosters crowing, farmers driving tractors and milking goats — although farming can be very hard work, dependent on food prices and weather. The noun farm originally meant "a lease on farm land," and it comes from the Medieval Latin firma, "fixed payment."
Definitions of farming
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the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
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synonyms:
agriculture, husbandry
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types:
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animal husbandry
breeding and caring for farm animals
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arboriculture, tree farming
the cultivation of tree for the production of timber
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dairy farming, dairying
the business of a dairy
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gardening, horticulture
the cultivation of plants
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aquiculture, hydroponics, tank farming
a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients
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mixed farming
growing crops and feed and livestock all on the same farm
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planting
putting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow
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ranching
farming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle)
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strip cropping
cultivation of crops in strips following the contours of the land to minimize erosion
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subsistence farming
farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer without surpluses for marketing
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truck farming
growing vegetables for the market
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drip culture
a hydroponic method of growing plants by allowing nutrient solutions to drip slowly onto an inert medium in which the plants are growing
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insemination
the act of sowing (of seeds in the ground or, figuratively, of germs in the body or ideas in the mind, etc.)
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landscape gardening, landscaping
working as a landscape gardener
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market gardening
the growing of vegetables or flowers for market
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floriculture, flower gardening
the cultivation of flowering plants
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roundup
the activity of gathering livestock together so that they can be counted or branded or sold
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type of:
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cultivation
(agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale)
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agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life“farming is a strenuous life”
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synonyms:
land
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type of:
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business, job, line, line of work, occupation
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
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business, job, line, line of work, occupation
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relating to rural matters“farming communities”
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synonyms:
agrarian, agricultural
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rural
living in or characteristic of farming or country life
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rural
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