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Activity for Old MacDonald
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farming
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Word definitions for farming in dictionaries
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.
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)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Farm \Farm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Farmed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Farming .] To lease or let for an equivalent, as land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds. We are enforced to farm our royal realm. --Shak. To give up to another, as an estate, a business, ...
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.