English adjective: farming | |||
1. | farming relating to rural matters | ||
Samples | An agrarian (or agricultural) society. Farming communities. | ||
Synonyms | agrarian, agricultural | ||
Similar | rural | ||
Antonyms | urban | ||
English noun: farming | |||
1. | farming (act) the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock | ||
Synonyms | agriculture, husbandry | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cultivation | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | animal husbandry, aquiculture, arboriculture, dairy farming, dairying, gardening, horticulture, hydroponics, mixed farming, planting, ranching, strip cropping, subsistence farming, tank farming, tree farming, truck farming | ||
Part holonym | harvest, harvest time, tilling | ||
Domain category members | broadcast, carry, crop, cultivate, cultivate, cultivation, disk, farm, feed, fertilise, fertilize, grow, harrow, hoe, inseminate, overcrop, overcultivate, plough, plow, produce, raise, reseed, ridge, seed, smut, sow, sow, sow in, thrash, thresh, till, turn, work | ||
2. | farming (act) agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life | ||
Samples | Farming is a strenuous life. There's no work on the land any more. | ||
Synonyms | land | ||
Broader (hypernym) | business, job, line, line of work, occupation | ||