Farming

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The practice of letting or leasing taxes, revenue, etc., for collection.
  • noun. The business of collecting taxes. See farm, transitive verb
  • noun. The business of cultivating land, or employing it for the purposes of husbandry; agriculture; husbandry.
  • Pertaining to farms or agriculture: as, farming tools.
  • noun. The commercial production of any plant (even horticultural) or animal which has an economic value: as, fruit-farming, perfumery-farming (growing flowers for extraction of perfumery-oils), ostrich-farming (for feathers), cat-farming (for fur), etc.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Pertaining to agriculture; devoted to, adapted to, or engaged in, farming
  • noun. The business of cultivating land.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The business of cultivating land, raising stocks etc.
  • adjective. Pertaining to the agricultural business.
  • adjective. Raising livestock or fish.
  • verb. Present participle of farm.
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  • noun. the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
  • adjective. relating to rural matters
  • noun. agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life
  • Word Usage
    "Raisin farming is the single most labor-intensive activity in North America."
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    rural  
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    verb-stem
    farm