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FARMING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life
Example:
there's no work on the land any more
Synonyms:
farming; land
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("farming" is a kind of...):
business; job; line; line of work; occupation (the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money)
Derivation:
farm (be a farmer; work as a farmer)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
Synonyms:
agriculture; farming; husbandry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("farming" is a kind of...):
cultivation ((agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale))
Meronyms (parts of "farming"):
tilling (cultivation of the land in order to raise crops)
harvest; harvest time (the season for gathering crops)
Domain member category:
cultivate (foster the growth of)
hoe (dig with a hoe)
disk; harrow (draw a harrow over (land))
ridge (plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip)
plough; plow; turn (to break and turn over earth especially with a plow)
overcrop; overcultivate (to exhaust by excessive cultivation)
crop; cultivate; work (prepare for crops)
till (work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation)
carry (bear (a crop))
farm; grow; produce; raise (cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques)
reseed (seed again or anew)
inseminate; sow; sow in (place seeds in or on (the ground))
broadcast (sow over a wide area, especially by hand)
seed; sow (place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth)
thrash; thresh (beat the seeds out of a grain)
feed; fertilise; fertilize (provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to)
smut (affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn)
cultivation ((agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "farming"):
animal husbandry (breeding and caring for farm animals)
arboriculture; tree farming (the tending of and caring for trees)
dairy farming; dairying (the business of a dairy)
gardening; horticulture (the cultivation of plants)
aquiculture; hydroponics; tank farming (a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients)
mixed farming (growing crops and feed and livestock all on the same farm)
planting (putting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow)
ranching (farming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle))
strip cropping (cultivation of crops in strips following the contours of the land to minimize erosion)
subsistence farming (farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer without surpluses for marketing)
truck farming (growing vegetables for the market)
Derivation:
farm (cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to farming or agriculture
Example:
farming communities
Synonyms:
agrarian; agricultural; farming
Classified under:
Similar:
rural (living in or characteristic of farming or country life)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb farm
Context examples:
A class of professional or vocational positions of employment that involve farming, fishing or forestry.
(Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations, NCI Thesaurus)
Scientists had previously used DNA from modern termites to estimate that termite fungus farming began 25 to 30 million years ago.
(Researchers discover oldest evidence of 'farming' by insects, NSF)
Past theories as to why these communities collapsed include a change in climate and a hubristic adherence to failing farming techniques.
(Lost Norse of Greenland fuelled the medieval ivory trade, ancient walrus DNA suggests, University of Cambridge)
Cutting meat consumption is one of three strategies that an international team of scientists recommends to tackle the rising problem of antibiotic resistance stemming from abundant use in animal farming.
(Eat less meat to cut drug resistance, SciDev.Net)
Declining flows will adversely affect farming communities across the region as well as the food needs of 1.5 billion people living downstream of 10 major rivers, including the Ganges, Yangtze, Tsang Po and the Indus.
(Bulk of Himalayan glaciers could vanish by 2100, SciDev.Net)
Remains of bizarre relatives of early crocodiles, the oldest evidence for "insect farming," and tantalizing clues about the early evolution of monkeys and apes have been found.
(New dinosaur with heart-shaped tail offers clues to evolution of Africa's ecosystems, National Science Foundation)
The study found that a wild-growing tomato, a tomato used for farming, and a plant similar to alfalfa all share at least 68 families of genes that are activated in response to flooding.
(Grains in the rain, National Science Foundation)
Burning forest to make land suitable for farming or to rear livestock is a widespread practice in many parts of the developing world.
(Lung damage from agricultural fires probed, SciDev.Net)
Grafting is common in the farming of watermelon, tomato and cucumber.
(Grafting helps pepper plants deal with drought, SciDev.Net)
Intensive farming also plays a major role.
(Oceans running out of oxygen at unprecedented rate, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
