Farming

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• farming — farm‧ing [ˈfɑːmɪŋ ǁ ˈfɑːrmɪŋ] noun [uncountable] FARMING the practice or business of growing crops or keeping animals on a farm: • modern methods of farming • the UK s farming industry ˌdry ˈfarming FARMING farming methods used in dry areas where …   Financial and business terms

• Farming — bezeichnet: den internationalen (aus dem englischen stammenden) Fachbegriff für Landwirtschaft; u. a.: Dry Farming, Anbaumethode im Bereich Trockengrenze des Regenfeldbaus Industrial Farming, Industrielle Landwirtschaft Organic Farming,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• farming —    Farming was the mainstay of the economies of the societies of the ancient world, including those of Mesopotamia and the regions that adjoined it. In fact, most modern scholars think that agriculture originated around 9000 b.c. in the Near East …   Ancient Mesopotamia dictioary

• farming — 1590s, action of farming out, verbal noun from FARM (Cf. farm) (v.). Meaning husbandry attested by 1733 …   Etymology dictionary

• Farming — Farm ing, n. The business of cultivating land. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• farming — *agriculture, husbandry …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• farming — [n] producing crops, raising animals agriculture, agronomics, agronomy, breeding, crop raising, cultivation, culture, feeding, fertilizing, gardening, geoponics, gleaning, grazing, growing, harvesting, homesteading, hydroponics, landscaping,… …   New thesaurus

• farming — [fär′miŋ] adj. of or for agriculture n. 1. the business of operating a FARM (n. 3 & 4) 2. the letting out to farm of land, revenue, etc …   English World dictionary

• farming — Synonyms and related words: agrarian, agrarianism, agricultural, agricultural geology, agriculture, agrology, agronomic, agronomics, agronomy, arable, contour farming, cultivation, culture, dirt farming, dry farming, dryland farming, farm, farm… …   Moby Thesaurus

• farming — /fahr ming/, n. 1. the business of operating a farm. 2. the practice of letting or leasing taxes, revenue, etc., for collection. [1545 55; FARM + ING1] * * * (as used in expressions) fish farming dairy farming factory farming no till farming… …   Universalium