farming
the business of operating a farm.
the practice of letting or leasing taxes, revenue, etc., for collection.
Origin of farming
1Other words from farming
- self-farming, noun
- un·farm·ing, adjective
Words Nearby farming
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How to use farming in a sentence
Harvesting your own meat is a way to opt out of the distasteful aspects of factory farming.
Instagram's Most Fascinating Subculture? Women Hunters. | Rachel Levin | September 8, 2020 | Outside OnlineThis shift in our nature is sometimes traced to the Industrial Revolution, or further back to the birth of science, or perhaps the invention of farming.
An Ancient Site with Human Skulls on Display - Issue 89: The Dark Side | Jo Marchant | September 2, 2020 | NautilusAll of this has given rise to the newer phenomenon of “yield farming” in which traders lend or borrow cryptocurrency not just to receive interest or a loan, but to receive new types of digital tokens.
You’re talking thousands of dollars in lost revenue each time, and farming is such a thin-margin business.
Baby chicks are dying in the mail. One hatchery lost 4,800 in a single shipment | Claire Zillman, reporter | August 21, 2020 | FortuneOver six years of farming, he can’t remember losing more than 25 in a shipment before.
Baby chicks are dying in the mail. One hatchery lost 4,800 in a single shipment | Claire Zillman, reporter | August 21, 2020 | Fortune
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.
‘The Harness Maker’s Dream:’ The Unlikely Ranch King of Texas | Nick Kotz | September 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe annually has a gathering of distinguished farmers and others to inspect his estate and see how his "book farming" gets on.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyHis parents were of the well-to-do farming class, occupied from one year's end to the other with the work of the fields.
Bastien Lepage | Fr. CrastreI know for a fact, that his race horses literally ran away with the prettiest bit of Kentucky farming land I ever laid eyes upon.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinBritish 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.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. Torpey
British Dictionary definitions for farming
/ (ˈfɑːmɪŋ) /
the business, art, or skill of agriculture
(as modifier): farming methods
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