farming
11farming — /fahr ming/, n. 1. the business of operating a farm. 2. the practice of letting or leasing taxes, revenue, etc., for collection. [1545 55; FARM + ING1] * * * (as used in expressions) fish farming dairy farming factory farming no till farming… …
12farming — I noun 1. the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock (Freq. 12) • Syn: ↑agriculture, ↑husbandry • Derivationally related forms: ↑agriculturist (for: ↑agri …
13farming — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ small scale ▪ They lived by fishing and by basic small scale farming. ▪ family ▪ the decline of traditional family farming ▪ subsistence …
14farming — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. agriculture, tillage, cultivation, husbandry, farm management, ranching, sharecropping, homesteading, plantation, horticulture, business of operating a farm, geoponics, agronomics, soil culture, agronomy, pomology,… …
15farming — farm|ing [ˈfa:mıŋ US ˈfa:r ] n [U] the practice or business of growing crops or keeping animals on a farm sheep/dairy/livestock etc farming organic/intensive farming ▪ the farming industry …
16farming */ — UK [ˈfɑː(r)mɪŋ] / US [ˈfɑrmɪŋ] noun [uncountable] the activity or business of a being a farmer European Union talks on the future of farming sheep/dairy farming fish/fur farming …
17FARMING — The great Westward movement of the 19th century was in one sense a movement that broke the soil and planted farms all over the trans Mississippi West. Even in ranching country there were plenty of small farms side by side with the ranches. The …
18farming — farm|ing [ farmıŋ ] noun uncount * the activity or business of a being a farmer: sheep/dairy farming fish/fur farming …
19farming — n. 1) to be engaged in farming 2) chicken; collective; cooperative; dairy; pig; poultry; sheep; state; stock; subsistence; truck farming …
20farming — farm ► NOUN 1) an area of land and its buildings used for growing crops and rearing animals. 2) a farmhouse. 3) an establishment for breeding or growing something, or devoted to a particular thing: a fish farm . ► VERB 1) make one s living by… …
