'Farming' definitions:
Definition of 'farming'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Relating to rural matters; "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming communities" [syn: agrarian, agricultural, farming(a)]
noun
The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock [syn: farming, agriculture, husbandry]
noun
Agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more" [syn: farming, land]
Definition of 'Farming'
From: GCIDE
- Farming \Farm"ing\, a. Pertaining to agriculture; devoted to, adapted to, or engaged in, farming; as, farming tools; farming land; a farming community. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Farming'
From: GCIDE
- Farming \Farm"ing\, n. The business of cultivating land. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Farming'
From: GCIDE
- Farm \Farm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Farmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Farming.]
- 1. To lease or let for an equivalent, as land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds. [1913 Webster]
- We are enforced to farm our royal realm. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; as, to farm the taxes. [1913 Webster]
- To farm their subjects and their duties toward these. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To take at a certain rent or rate. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To devote (land) to agriculture; to cultivate, as land; to till, as a farm. [1913 Webster]
- To farm let, To let to farm, to lease on rent. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'farming'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agrarian,
- agrarianism,
- agricultural,
- agricultural geology,
- agriculture,
- agrology,
- agronomic,
- agronomics,
- agronomy,
- arable,
- contour farming,
- cultivation,
- culture,
- dirt farming,
- dry farming,
- dryland farming,
- farm,
- farm economy,
- fruit farming,
- geoponic,
- geoponics,
- grain farming,
- husbandry,
- hydroponics,
- intensive farming,
- mixed farming,
- rural,
- rural economy,
- sharecropping,
- strip farming,
- subsistence farming,
- tank farming,
- thremmatology,
- tillage,
- tilth,
- truck farming
Words containing 'Farming'
- Farm,
- Farmed,
- farm out,
- Baby farm,
- Baby farming,
- Bingham Farms,
- Bosque Farms,
- Brittany Farms,
- Brownsboro Farm,
- Farm Loop,
- Fee farm,
- Foothill Farms,
- Fox Farm,
- Home farm,
- Many Farms,
- Meadowbrook Farm,
- Penney Farms,
- Prairie Farm,
- Ridge Farm,
- Rosslyn Farms,
- Seabrook Farms,
- To farm let,
- To let to farm,
- Truck farming,
- buy the farm,
- cattle farm,
- chicken farm,
- collective farm,
- dairy farm,
- dairy farming,
- factory farm,
- farm animal,
- farm bill,
- farm boy,
- farm building,
- farm cheese,
- farm club,
- farm girl,
- farm horse,
- farm machine,
- farm machinery,
- farm offices,
- farm team,
- farm worker,
- farming area,
- fat farm,
- fish farm,
- funny farm,
- mixed farming,
- pig farm,
- pot farm,
- prison farm,
- sewage farm,
- stud farm,
- subsistence farming,
- tank farm,
- tank farming,
- tree farm,
- tree farming,
- truck farm,
- wind farm,
- Bingham Farms, MI,
- Bosque Farms, NM,
- Brittany Farms, PA,
- Brownsboro Farm, KY,
- Farm Loop, AK,
- Fee farm rent,
- Foothill Farms, CA,
- Fox Farm, WY,
- Green Valley Farms,
- Grosse Pointe Farms,
- Many Farms, AZ,
- Meadowbrook Farm, KY,
- Morgan Farm Area,
- Penney Farms, FL,
- Pleasant Run Farm,
- Prairie Farm, WI,
- Ridge Farm, IL,
- Rosslyn Farms, PA,
- Seabrook Farms, NJ,
- farm credit system,
- farm-place,
- home-farm,
- Brittany Farms-Highlands,
- Fox Farm-College,
- Green Valley Farms, TX,
- Grosse Pointe Farms, MI,
- Morgan Farm Area, TX,
- Pleasant Run Farm, OH,
- Brittany Farms-Highlands, PA,
- Fox Farm-College, WY,
- Otis Orchards-East Farms,
- Otis Orchards-East Farms, WA