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Working the land as an occupation or way of life
Answer for the clue "Working the land as an occupation or way of life ", 7 letters:
farming
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Word definitions for farming in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Farming is the practice of cultivating crops or livestock on a farm. Farming may also refer to: Farming (video gaming) , performing repetitious tasks in video game to acquire items in the game Gold farming , the act of gathering in-game currency and items ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Farming \Farm"ing\, n. The business of cultivating land.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
1 Pertaining to the agricultural business. 2 Raising livestock or fish. n. 1 The business of cultivate land, raising stocks etc. 2 (rfdef: English) v (present participle of farm English)
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, "action of farming out, practice of letting or leasing taxes, etc., for collection," verbal noun from farm (v.). Meaning "business of cultivating land, husbandry" is attested by 1733.
Usage examples of farming.
The first occupation to suffer seriously because of the Africans oul ere was farming.
One of the strongest impressions I had gained when I first came into country practice was that farming was the hardest way of all of making a living, and now I was finding out for myself.