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Working the land as an occupation or way of life
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farming
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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.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Farming \Farm"ing\, a. Pertaining to agriculture; devoted to, adapted to, or engaged in, farming; as, farming tools; farming land; a farming community.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a farming community ▪ a small farming community of about 1,000 inhabitants a farming method ▪ Farming methods have changed a lot over the last 100 years. factory farming fur farming (= keeping and killing animals for ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock [syn: agriculture , husbandry ] working the land as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more" [syn: 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)
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.