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farm
(färm)n.
1. A tract of land cultivated for the purpose of agricultural production.
2.
a. A tract of land devoted to the raising and breeding of domestic animals.
b. An area of water devoted to the raising, breeding, or production of a specific aquatic animal: a trout farm; an oyster farm.
3.
a. A facility for the generation of energy by converting it from a particular source, usually by means of multiple electric generators: a wind farm.
b. A place where a group of similar devices or storage containers are set up: a tank farm; a server farm.
4. Baseball A minor-league club affiliated with a major-league club for the training of recruits and the maintenance of temporarily unneeded players.
5. Obsolete
a. The system of leasing out the rights of collecting and retaining taxes in a certain district.
b. A district so leased.
v. farmed, farm·ing, farms
v.tr.
1. To cultivate or produce a crop on (land).
2. To cultivate, breed, or raise (plants or animals).
3. To pay a fixed sum in order to have the right to collect and retain profits from (a business, for example).
4. To turn over (a business, for example) to another in return for the payment of a fixed sum.
v.intr.
Phrasal Verb: To engage in farming.
farm out
1. To send (work, for example) from a central point to be done elsewhere.
2. Baseball To assign (a player) to a minor-league team.
[Middle English, lease, leased property, from Old French ferme, from Medieval Latin firma, fixed payment, from Latin firmāre, to establish, from firmus, firm; see dher- in Indo-European roots.]
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farming
(ˈfɑːmɪŋ)n
(Agriculture)
a. the business, art, or skill of agriculture
b. (as modifier): farming methods.
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farm•ing
(ˈfɑr mɪŋ)n.
1. the science or practice of agriculture; the business of operating a farm.
2. the practice of letting or leasing taxes, revenue, etc., for collection.
[1545–55]
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| Noun | 1. |  farming - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stockcultivation - (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale) animal husbandry - breeding and caring for farm animals arboriculture, tree farming - the cultivation of tree for the production of timber dairy farming, dairying - the business of a dairy gardening, horticulture - the cultivation of plants tilling - cultivation of the land in order to raise crops 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; "the planting of corn is hard work" 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 harvest time, harvest - the season for gathering crops truck farming - growing vegetables for the market smut - affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn fertilize, fertilise, feed - provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants" broadcast - sow over a wide area, especially by hand; "broadcast seeds" reseed - seed again or anew farm, produce, raise, grow - cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here" carry - bear (a crop); "this land does not carry olives" till - work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation; "till the soil" overcrop, overcultivate - to exhaust by excessive cultivation; "the farmers overcropped the land" plow, plough, turn - to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring" ridge - plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip hoe - dig with a hoe; "He is hoeing the flower beds" cultivate - foster the growth of |
| 2. | farming - agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more" job, line of work, occupation, business, line - the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business" | |
| Adj. | 1. |  farming - relating to rural matters; "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming communities"rural - living in or characteristic of farming or country life; "rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural" |
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farming
noun agriculture, cultivation, husbandry, land management, agronomy, tilling He comes from a farming background.
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Translations
زِراعَةفِلاحَه، أعمال الزِّراعَه
zemědělstvíhospodářskýhospodářstvízemědělský
det at drive landbruglandbruglandbrugs-
maanviljely
obrađivanje zemlje
gazdálkodás
búskapur
農業
농사
kmetovanje
jordbruk
การเกษตรกรรม
việc canh tác
farming
[ˈfɑːmɪŋ]A. N (gen) → agricultura f; [of land] → cultivo m; [of animals] → cría f
good farming practice → técnicas fpl agrícolas reconocidas
good farming practice → técnicas fpl agrícolas reconocidas
B. CPD → agrícola
the farming community N → los agricultores
farming methods NPL → métodos mpl de cultivo
the farming community N → los agricultores
farming methods NPL → métodos mpl de cultivo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
farming
[ˈfɑːrmɪŋ] n → agriculture f intensive farming, sheep farming, dairy farming, organic farming
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
farming
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
farming
[ˈfɑːmɪŋ] n → agricolturasheep farming → allevamento di pecore
farming community → comunità f inv agricola
farming methods → metodi mpl di coltivazione
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
farm
(faːm) noun1. an area of land, including buildings, used for growing crops, breeding and keeping cows, sheep, pigs etc. Much of England is good agricultural land and there are many farms.
2. the farmer's house and the buildings near it in such a place. We visited the farm; (also adjective) a farm kitchen.
verb to cultivate (the land) in order to grow crops, breed and keep animals etc. He farms (5,000 acres) in the south.
ˈfarmer noun the owner or tenant of a farm who works on the land etc. How many farmworkers does that farmer employ?
ˈfarming noun the business of owning or running a farm. There is a lot of money involved in farming; (also adjective) farming communities.
ˈfarmhouse noun the house in which a farmer lives.
ˈfarmyard noun the open area surrounded by the farm buildings. There were several hens loose in the farmyard; (also adjective) farmyard animals.
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farming
→ زِراعَة zemědělství landbrug Landwirtschaft αγροκαλλιέργεια agricultura maanviljely agriculture obrađivanje zemlje agricoltura 農業 농사 boerenbedrijf jordbruk gospodarka rolna agricultura, lavoura сельское хозяйство jordbruk การเกษตรกรรม çiftçilik việc canh tác 耕作Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009