farming

American  

[fahr-ming] / ˈfɑr mɪŋ /

noun

1. the business of operating a farm.

2. the practice of letting or leasing taxes, revenue, etc., for collection.

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farming British  

/ ˈfɑːmɪŋ /

noun

1. 1. the business, art, or skill of agriculture

   2. ( as modifier )

      farming methods

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Other Word Forms

• self-farming noun
• unfarming adjective

Etymology

Origin of farming

First recorded in 1545–55; farm + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Environment secretary Emma Reynolds said the government and the farming and food industries would work much more closely together in the future.

From BBC

If you don’t get a crop in farming, you don’t have money.

From Salon

Some marketers, however, worry that the suggestions they are hearing closely resemble content farming, a practice as old as the internet that gives priority to quantity over quality.

From The Wall Street Journal

Their findings show that early farming communities carefully painted flowers, shrubs, branches, and trees, arranging them in ways that reflect deliberate geometric structure and numerical order.

From Science Daily

Mr Clothier's family have been farming cattle for two centuries, and have always realised the power in manure.

From BBC

Related Words

• agriculture
• breeding
• cultivation
• culture
• gardening
• grazing
• production
• ranching