farming

1. The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock (synset 100918295)
   associated with:

   • cultivation - (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale)
   • smut - affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn
   • feed, fertilise, fertilize - provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
   • thrash, thresh - beat the seeds out of a grain
   • seed, sow - place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
   • broadcast - sow over a wide area, especially by hand
   • inseminate, sow, sow in - place seeds in or on (the ground)
   • reseed - seed again or anew
   • farm, grow, produce, raise - cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
   • carry - bear (a crop)
   • till - work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation
   • crop, cultivate, work - prepare for crops
   • overcrop, overcultivate - to exhaust by excessive cultivation
   • plough, plow, turn - to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
   • ridge - plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip
   • disk, harrow - draw a harrow over (land)
   • hoe - dig with a hoe
   • cultivate - foster the growth of
   is a type of: cultivation - (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale)
   subtypes:

   • animal husbandry - breeding and caring for farm animals
   • arboriculture, tree farming - the tending of and caring for trees
   • dairy farming, dairying - the business of a dairy
   • gardening, horticulture - the cultivation of plants
   • aquiculture, hydroponics, tank farming - a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients
   • mixed farming - growing crops and feed and livestock all on the same farm
   • planting - putting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow
   • ranching - farming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle)
   • strip cropping - cultivation of crops in strips following the contours of the land to minimize erosion
   • subsistence farming - farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer without surpluses for marketing
   • truck farming - growing vegetables for the market
   has:

   • tilling - cultivation of the land in order to raise crops
   • harvest, harvest time - the season for gathering crops
   same as: agriculture, husbandry
2. Agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life (synset 100454755)
   "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more"
   is a type of: business, job, line, line of work, occupation - the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
   same as: land

1. Relating to farming or agriculture (synset 302058261)
   "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming communities"
   similar to: rural - living in or characteristic of farming or country life
   same as: agrarian, agricultural

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