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farming

farming

1.7
Relating to growing crops and raising animals for food
  • adjective
  • /ˈfɑrmɪŋ/
translation icon : agrícola
  • Sustainable farming practices can help protect the environment while producing healthy food.

And my mom was sold for a man in the farming town who was like mentally not stable.

Examples

  • And, and the question is, could vertical farming solve that problem?

  • It's not like the factory farming and, and the meatpacking industry, you know, as it currently exists.

  • And we pair them with restoration projects with coral farming on land and on in the sea.

  • Thirdly, we also prove fourthly, we will provide access to new farming technologies, farming opportunities.

  • You see where the pantry house was and its lot or yard for obviously farming and cattle grazing.

  • Many communities are adopting vertical farming to maximize food production in urban areas.

  • The state government is funding research on new farming technologies to improve crop yields.

Synonyms

agricultural
vsfarming
169 3.7

Connected with farming, growing crops, or keeping animals

emphasizes the activity and business aspect instead of production focus
agrarian
vsfarming
13 6.5

Relating to farming and working the land

emphasizes the activity and business side instead of land focus

Compounds

A way of raising many animals in crowded buildings for food

Farming that grows food mainly for the farmer's family, not for sale

1 2.3

A rural area where people grow crops or keep animals for food

Keeping cows to produce milk and cheese

mixed farming
  • Specialized
1 3.1

A farm that grows crops and keeps animals together

1 3.4

Growing and caring for trees to sell wood or help the environment

A way of keeping farm animals that lets them roam outdoors

tank farming
  • Specialized
5.2

A way of growing plants in water with plant food

truck farming
  • Specialized
5.8

Growing vegetables and other crops to sell at markets

How Large

farming
1.7
small farmer
9 2.0
crofting
  • UK
7.7
allotment
  • UK
3 3.7

Surface Forms

farming positive

Morphology

farming = farm (transparent) = farm + ing

As an adjective, this is the regular participial form of farm and its meaning is directly related to the activity of farming.

Etymology

Farming as an adjective comes from farm and simply shows a link to growing crops or raising animals, so a 'farming region' or 'farming community' is a place where people do that work.