farm
noun
a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
is farming
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present progressiveof farm (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"Trouble is farming, we don’t really look in the mirror, so I don't know what I've got."
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2024
Intensive farming is often used as shorthand for high-yield farming — that is, farming that produces more food per hectare.
From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2023
“When I would hear that someone is farming maggots, I would say, ‘How can someone rear maggots?’”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2022
"On the one hand, they have an interest in their well-being, in their livelihood, which is farming, but they also have other interests. Many of them are a lot older, they have social welfare concerns."
From Reuters ● Jun. 26, 2022
He admits that his one dissipation is farming.
From An African Adventure by Isaac Frederick Marcosson
