Farming is the activity of growing crops or keeping animals on a farm.
Synonyms: agriculture, cultivation, husbandry, land management More Synonyms of farming
farming in British English
(ˈfɑːmɪŋ)
noun
a.
the business, art, or skill of agriculture
b.
(as modifier)
farming methods
farming in American English
(ˈfɑrmɪŋ)
adjective
1.
of or for agriculture
noun
2.
the business of operating a farm (sense 3) farm (sense 4)
3.
the letting out to farm of land, revenue, etc.
COBUILD Collocations
farming
sustainable farming
Examples of 'farming' in a sentence
farming
Further recommendations Are modern farming methods to blame?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In the countryside, intensive farming means fewer hedgerows and rough pasture for hedgehogs to forage and hide in.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Britain has one of the worst records for protecting native wildlife and intensive farming is largely to blame, according to a report by conservationists.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We'll take back control of our taxes and our laws, our farming and our fishing.
The Sun (2016)
The wealthiest landowners are already benefiting from the inheritance tax exemption on farming land, and most don't need the pocket money.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
What is it about farming and the land that inspires such folly?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Just over half of all farming businesses diversified to make more money.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We will not be reduced to subsistence farming and exporting fish and chips if the banks leave.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Modern intensive farming is subsidised by cheap oil.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Such factory farming is efficient only in the narrow sense that it produces quick profits for farmers.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The implementation of more intensive and modernised farming encountered the problem of land shortage.
Bramwell, Anna C Refugees in the Age of Total War (1988)
It took me a while to understand how dairy farming got to this dangerous pass.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Most of the violence has targeted remote trading outposts and farming villages on the mainland.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
She claims her basic upbringing and strong farming skills will help her on the popular survival show.
The Sun (2016)
The official reasons given for songbird decline are habitat loss and modern farming methods.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Other trees were burnt to clear the land for farming.
Divine, Robert A. (editor) & Breen, T. H & Frederickson, George M & Williams, R. Hal America Past and Present (1995)
He was active in his family farming and veterinary businesses until his death.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We are trying to revolutionise fish farming.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Modern dairy farming is an expensive business.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
For me the abysmal treatment of chickens in factory farming is a far bigger issue.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Intensive farming and the loss of hedgerows could be one cause.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Dairy farming has gone to the wall.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Apartment blocks were built in rundown farming villages.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Nor do their farming skills prove up to scratch.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The drive for more efficient and more sustainable farming methods also boosted a switch to miniature cattle.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The happiest people work in forestry, fishing and farming.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Commercial farming obviously requires planting on a scale that exceeds the needs of the individual family, but what scale is viable?
Tomlinson, Richard Urbanization in Post-Apartheid South Africa (1990)
They sustain themselves almost entirely by fishing, farming and trading with Colombian fishing boats.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In other languages
farming
British English: farming /ˈfɑːmɪŋ/ NOUN
Farming is the activity of growing crops or keeping animals on a farm.
American English: farming
Arabic: زِراعَة
Brazilian Portuguese: lavoura
Chinese: 耕作
Croatian: obrađivanje zemlje
Czech: zemědělství
Danish: landbrug
Dutch: boerenbedrijf
European Spanish: agricultura labranza
Finnish: maanviljely
French: agriculture
German: Landwirtschaft
Greek: αγροκαλλιέργεια
Italian: agricoltura
Japanese: 農業
Korean: 농사
Norwegian: jordbruk
Polish: gospodarka rolna
European Portuguese: agricultura
Romanian: agricultură
Russian: сельское хозяйство
Latin American Spanish: agricultura
Swedish: jordbruk
Thai: การเกษตรกรรม
Turkish: çiftçilik
Ukrainian: фермерство
Vietnamese: việc canh tác
All related terms of 'farming'
farm
A farm is an area of land, together with the buildings on it, that is used for growing crops or raising animals, usually in order to sell them.
plaas
a farm
dry farming
a system of growing crops in arid or semiarid regions without artificial irrigation, by reducing evaporation and by special methods of tillage
ley farming
the alternation of crop growing and grassland pasture
dairy farming
the business of farming to produce milk and milk products
fish farming
the job of rearing fish for commercial purposes
fruit farming
the practice of growing or farming fruit
gold farming
the practice of selling virtual assets gained in a computer game for real money
hill farming
the activity and business of having a hill farm
mixed farming
combined arable and livestock farming (on mixed farms )
sheep farming
the activity of keeping sheep on a farm
strip farming
See strip cropping
tank farming
→ hydroponics
trash farming
cultivation by leaving stubble , etc on the surface of the soil to serve as a mulch
arable farming
the growing of arable crops
battery farming
the activity of using batteries for raising poultry
dryland farming
→ dry farming
factory farming
Factory farming is a system of farming which involves keeping animals indoors , often with very little space, and giving them special foods so that they grow more quickly or produce more eggs or milk .
organic farming
farming with organic methods
oyster farming
the activity of cultivating oysters for food or pearls
poultry farming
the rearing of domestic fowls , esp chickens , for their eggs or meat
farming community
a community where farming is the main industry
intensive farming
farming that aims to produce as much as possible , usually with the use of chemicals
vertical farming
the growing of crops in urban areas in buildings with multiple storeys
sea fish farming
the farming of saltwater fish
subsistence farming
a type of farming in which most of the produce ( subsistence crop ) is consumed by the farmer and his or her family, leaving little or nothing to be marketed
sustainable farming
Farming is the activity of growing crops or keeping animals on a farm.
single-crop farming
the continuous growing of one type of crop
farm out
If you say that someone farms out work, especially work that you would normally expect them to do themselves, you mean that they give it to other people to do.
fish farm
a place where fish are reared for commercial purposes
market gardening
the business of growing fruit and vegetables on a commercial scale
baby farm
a place that houses and takes care of babies for a fee
dirt farmer
a poor farmer who works his or her own land usually without assistance
claims farmer
a middleman who encourages people to make compensation claims and who then sells these claims on to a lawyer
stock farm
a farm on which livestock is bred
Chinese translation of 'farming'
farming
(ˈfɑːmɪŋ)
n(u)
(= agriculture) 农(農)业(業) (nóngyè)
sheep farming养(養)羊业(業) (yǎngyángyè)
farm
(fɑːm)
n(c)
农(農)场(場) (nóngchǎng) (个(個), gè)
vt
[land]耕种(種) (gēngzhòng)
vi
务(務)农(農) (wùnóng)
(noun)
Definition
the business or skill of agriculture
He comes from a farming background.
Synonyms
agriculture
The country is strong in both industry and agriculture.
cultivation
environments where aridity makes cultivation of the land difficult
husbandry
The current meagre harvest suggests poor husbandry.
land management
agronomy
tilling
Additional synonyms
in the sense of cultivation
Definition
the act of cultivating
environments where aridity makes cultivation of the land difficult
Synonyms
farming,
working,
gardening,
tilling,
ploughing,
husbandry,
tillage,
agronomy
in the sense of husbandry
Definition
the art or skill of farming
The current meagre harvest suggests poor husbandry.