husbandry
Other forms: husbandries
Husbandry has nothing to do with being a husband, and a lot to do with being a farmer. If you cultivate the land or breed animals, you are practicing husbandry.
Long before husbands were hen-pecked guys who cut the grass on weekends and played with the kiddies after school, they were robust men of the Earth — farmers, in other words. That meaning died out, but its current meaning survives as a remnant of it. Today, you most often hear of "crop husbandry", which refers to raising crops; however, if you practice toad husbandry — you must be raising toads.
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the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
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synonyms:
agriculture, farming
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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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