Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: farming  faa(r)-ming
  1. The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
    - agriculture, husbandry
     
  2. Agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life
    "farming is a strenuous life";
    - land
Adjective: farming  faa(r)-ming
  1. Relating to farming or agriculture
    "an farming society"; "farming communities";
    - agrarian, agricultural
Verb: farm  faa(r)m
  1. Be a farmer; work as a farmer
    "My son is farming in California"
     
  2. (farming) cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
    "We farm wheat here";
    - grow, raise, produce
     
  3. Collect fees or profits

Derived forms: farmings

See also: hire out, rural

Type of: business, collect, cultivate, cultivation, do work, job, line, line of work, occupation, take in, work

Encyclopedia: Farming, Minnesota

Farm, Lawrence