farming

farming
noun
1. the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock (Freq. 12)
• Syn: ↑agriculture, ↑husbandry
• Derivationally related forms: ↑agriculturist (for: ↑agriculture), ↑farm
• Members of this Topic:
↑cultivation, ↑smut, ↑fertilize, ↑fertilise, ↑feed, ↑thrash, ↑thresh, ↑sow, ↑seed, ↑broadcast, ↑inseminate, ↑sow in, ↑reseed, ↑grow, ↑raise, ↑farm, ↑produce, ↑carry, ↑till, ↑cultivate, ↑crop, ↑work, ↑overcrop, ↑overcultivate, ↑plow, ↑plough, ↑turn, ↑ridge, ↑harrow, ↑disk, ↑hoe
• Hypernyms: ↑cultivation
• Hyponyms:
• Part Meronyms: ↑tilling, ↑harvest, ↑harvest time
2. agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life
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farming is a strenuous life

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there's no work on the land any more

• Syn: ↑land
• Derivationally related forms: ↑farm
• Hypernyms: ↑occupation, ↑business, ↑job, ↑line of work, ↑line
adjective
relating to rural matters
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an agrarian (or agricultural) society

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farming communities

• Syn: ↑agrarian, ↑agricultural
• Similar to: ↑rural

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