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View synonyms for farming

farming

[ fahr-ming ]

noun

  1. the business of operating a farm.
  2. the practice of letting or leasing taxes, revenue, etc., for collection.


farming

/ ˈfɑːmɪŋ /

noun

    1. the business, art, or skill of agriculture
    2. ( as modifier )

      farming methods



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Other Words From

  • self-farming noun
  • un·farming adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of farming1

First recorded in 1545–55; farm + -ing 1

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Example Sentences

Two-thirds of the 22 million people in West Africa depend on farming to live.

Good American Future Fund-associated politicians are on the side of industrialized farming.

Singer argues that eating meat is almost always wrong, due to the immense amount of suffering caused by factory farming.

The new immigrants declared their intention to take up farming.

Nathan learned everything he could about farming and ranching.

He annually has a gathering of distinguished farmers and others to inspect his estate and see how his "book farming" gets on.

His parents were of the well-to-do farming class, occupied from one year's end to the other with the work of the fields.

I know for a fact, that his race horses literally ran away with the prettiest bit of Kentucky farming land I ever laid eyes upon.

British pasture farming was to be annihilated, and an immense stimulus given to that of our continental rivals.

As the settlers pushed westward, more and more of the Indians' hunting grounds were being seized and used for farming.

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