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单词 farming
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farming

noun

farm·​ing ˈfär-miŋ How to pronounce farming (audio)
: the practice of agriculture or aquaculture

Synonyms

  • agriculture
  • husbandry
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Example Sentences

since an ancestor settled there in the 19th century, farming has been the only occupation for six generations of the family
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Word History

First Known Use

1642, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

farming

noun

farm·​ing
ˈfär-miŋ
: the occupation or business of running a farm

farming 1 of 3

noun

as in agriculture
the science or occupation of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock since an ancestor settled there in the 19th century, farming has been the only occupation for six generations of the family

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • agriculture
  • cultivation
  • gardening
  • horticulture
  • husbandry
  • agribusiness
  • farmwork
  • agronomy
  • culture
  • tillage
  • aquaculture
  • pastoralism
  • agroecology
  • agroforestry
  • hydroponics
  • pomology
  • arboriculture
  • sharecropping
  • mixed farming
  • monoculture
  • aquiculture
  • animal husbandry

farming

2 of 3

adjective

as in agricultural
engaged in or concerned with agriculture years of drought had a devastating impact on the region's farming communities

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • agricultural
  • agrarian
  • agronomic
  • rural
  • arable
  • pastoralist
  • aquacultural
  • monocultural
  • georgic
  • country
  • bucolic
  • pastoral
  • garden
  • arboricultural
  • villatic
  • rustical
  • rustic

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • urban
  • industrial
  • nonagricultural
  • metropolitan
  • industrialized
  • metro

farming

3 of 3

verb

present participle of farm
as in harvesting
to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on we're planning on farming 50 acres the first year

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • harvesting
  • cultivating
  • planting
  • tilling
  • tending
  • cropping
  • hoeing
  • sharecropping
  • reaping
  • harrowing
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