farming

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: agriculturehusbandrylandagrarianagriculturalfarming(a)

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. the practice of cultivating the land or raising stockSynonyms: agriculturehusbandry
  2. agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life“farming is a strenuous life”“there's no work on the land any more”Synonyms: land

Adjective (1)

  1. relating to rural matters“an agrarian (or agricultural) society”“farming communities”Synonyms: agrarianagriculturalfarming(a)
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Farm \Farm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Farmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Farming.]

1.To lease or let for an equivalent, as land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds. [1913 Webster]

We are enforced to farm our royal realm.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; as, to farm the taxes. [1913 Webster]

To farm their subjects and their duties toward these.— Burke.[1913 Webster]

3.To take at a certain rent or rate. [1913 Webster]

4.To devote (land) to agriculture; to cultivate, as land; to till, as a farm. [1913 Webster]

To farm let, To let to farm, to lease on rent. [1913 Webster]

Farming \Farm"ing\, a. Pertaining to agriculture; devoted to, adapted to, or engaged in, farming; as, farming tools; farming land; a farming community. [1913 Webster]
Farming \Farm"ing\, n. The business of cultivating land. [1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

farming

<jargon> (From Adelaide University, Australia) What the heads of a disk drive are said to do when they plow little furrows in the magnetic media during a head crash. Typically used as follows: "Oh no, the machine has just crashed; I hope the hard drive hasn't gone farming again." [Jargon File]

(2001-03-26)

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