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HUSBANDRY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

Synonyms:

agriculture; farming; husbandry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("husbandry" is a kind of...):

cultivation ((agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale))

Meronyms (parts of "husbandry"):

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 "husbandry"):

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)

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