Cultivation of the soil, agriculture.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > [noun] (101) earth-tilthOE Cultivation of the soil, agriculture. earth-tillingOE The activity or process of tilling or cultivating the soil, husbandry. Also figurative. tilling?c1225 The action of till, v.1; work done upon land for raising crops; cultivation, tillage. delving1377 laboura1393 Agricultural work, esp. tillage. Now only as passing into sense 2a. Cf. labour, v. 1b. land-tillingc1420 culturec1450 The action or practice of cultivating the soil; tillage; = cultivation, n. 1. Now chiefly with of. tilthing1495 tillage. labouring1523 The action of labour, v. (in various senses); esp. the action of doing hard (often unskilled) physical work. Also: an instance of this. manurea1547 The action of tilling land; cultivation. Obsolete. manuring1550 Cultivation, tillage. Obsolete. digging1552 The action of the verb to dig, v., in various senses; an instance of this. cultivation1553 The action or an act of preparing and using the land for growing crops; tillage. Also: the state or condition of being cultivable or cultivated land. tilth1565 (with plural) An act of tilling; a ploughing, harrowing, or other agricultural operation. manurance1572 Originally: cultivation of land, tillage. In later use: manuring, fertilizing. Obsolete. agriculture1583 (a) Originally: the theory or practice of cultivating the soil to produce crops; an instance of this (now rare). (b) Later also (now chiefly): the… nithering1599 Humiliation, abasement; condemnation; diminishment. culturation1606 Cultivation, culture. gainor1607 Tillage, cultivation; in phrase in gainor, designating land in the occupation of a socage tenant. delvage1610 Delving; the digging, ploughing, or turning up of the soil in process of tillage. agricolation1623 The theory or practice of cultivating the soil; agriculture. gainage1625 Husbandry, agriculture. cultivage1632 The action or result of cultivating the land; cultivation. manurementa1639 Cultivation. (literal and figurative.) groundwork1655 Working in earth. Obsolete. fieldwork1656 Surveying work carried out in the area to be surveyed. proscission1656 The action of tilling or ploughing land. field labour1661 agricultural labour done in the fields; (also occasionally) field labourers considered collectively. manuragea1670 Cultivation of land. subduing1776 The action or process of subdue, v.; the fact of being subdued; subjugation. Also: an instance of this. management1799 Originally: the working or cultivation of land. Later also: the maintenance and control of a forest, environment, nature reserve, etc. In extended… subjugation1800 The action of subjugating or condition of being subjugated; the bringing of something (esp. a country or nation) under the domination of a… geopony1808 Agriculture, agricultural science. Cf. geoponics, n. clodhopping1847 Agricultural labour. agriculturism1885 The practice of agriculture; the agricultural sector of an economy; (also) a social or economic system based on agriculture. Cf. industrialism, n. Subcategories:— tiller of soil (17) — recultivation (1) — systems of cultivation (38) — soil conservation (4) — reckless cultivation (2) — work done by teams of beasts (1) — work done by a tractor (1) — lack of cultivation (2) |
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