farming
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- noun
- /ˈfɑrmɪŋ/
:
agricultura
- Sustainable farming practices can help protect the environment while producing healthy food.
- organic farming
- salmon farming
- subsistence farming
That's why companies have looked into making insect farming cleaner and more efficient.
- That's why companies have looked into making insect farming cleaner and more efficient.
- And it's it's no coincidence that farming and food production is affecting both.
- It's like the sum of the practices on a, in a farming system, right?
- The men go and work in farming in the fields.
- So, you know, you might say, well, does that mean that farming is not a productive activity then?
- I was doing a lot of gardening, doing a lot of farming.
- Turns up La Venta has tons of corn farming around it.
- So it's not farming then water rights, right?
- And he said, Nanny, think about farming more from Abbey.
- I love farm farming, always love farm.
Examples
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You were born for farming.
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Elton had grown up in that old way of farming, and he had liked it.
Fiction book (1997) -
Ten years of farming gives you something worth fighting for.
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The men go and work in farming in the fields.
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Life changed, however, in 1995, when farming could no longer sustain his growing family.
Academic text (2008) -
For instance, if you were interested in farming, I could recommend the best acres to buy.
Fiction book (1991) -
That's what climate smart farming has the potential to do.
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The boom increased profits for the farming sector, though mainly for large landowners.
Academic text (2015) -
Young people don't flee farming, they flee poverty.
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They created what became known as Jonestown, this farming community.
Synonyms
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1.7
A way of life that involves farming and working on farms
146
3.9
The growing of crops and raising of animals on land for food
8
6.5
The growing of crops and the keeping of animals on a farm
Compounds
How Intensive
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- Specialized
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3.9
9
2.0
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4.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Farming comes from the word farm, which long ago meant a payment or 'food' given for land and work and then came to mean the land and work that produce food. So farming is the activity of growing crops and raising animals.