- present participle of farm.
farming
Americannoun
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the business of operating a farm.
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the practice of letting or leasing taxes, revenue, etc., for collection.
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Etymology
Origin of farming
Explanation
Farming is the act or process of working the ground, planting seeds, and growing edible plants. You can also describe raising animals for milk or meat as farming. Farming is a great way to describe the lifestyle and work of people whose jobs are in the agriculture industry. People often have a romantic idea of what farming is like — roosters crowing, farmers driving tractors and milking goats — although farming can be very hard work, dependent on food prices and weather. The noun farm originally meant "a lease on farm land," and it comes from the Medieval Latin firma, "fixed payment."
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And that means more precision farming, more artificial intelligence, and automation.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
More recently, he unveiled an executive order temporarily permitting trucks to use dyed diesel, a tax-exempt fuel typically used for farming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Elsewhere across Italy, different shades of green and brown reveal variations in vegetation, farming activity, and land cover.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Don Cantrell, whose grandfather started farming family land that now stretches to 12,000 acres, said he is still getting hit on diesel and admits the president "does some stupid things" and "says some stupid things".
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Mawuli announced that afternoon, half singing it out as we sat mending farming tools on the veranda.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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