farming
Meaning
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- The business of cultivating land, raising stock, etc.
- A farming operation; a farm, or instance of farming on a piece of land.
Synonyms
growing crops
farm work
soil preparation
cultivate land
agricultural systems
arable farming
farming systems
types of farming
Frequency
Hyphenated as
farm‧ing
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfɑɹmɪŋ/
Etymology
From farm + -ing.
New
farm
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- A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.
- A tract of land held on lease for the purpose of cultivation.
- A location used for an industrial purpose, having many similar structures.
- A group of coordinated servers.
- (obsolete) Food; provisions; a meal.
- (obsolete) A banquet; feast.
- (obsolete) A fixed yearly amount (food, provisions, money, etc.) payable as rent or tax.
- A fixed yearly sum accepted from a person as a composition for taxes or other moneys which he is empowered to collect; also, a fixed charge imposed on a town, county, etc., in respect of a tax or taxes to be collected within its limits.
- The letting-out of public revenue to a ‘farmer’; the privilege of farming a tax or taxes.
- The body of farmers of public revenues.
- The condition of being let at a fixed rent; lease; a lease.
- A baby farm.
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