Definitions for farming

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farming farm·ing

Spelling: [fahr-ming]

IPA: /ˈfɑr mɪŋ/

Farming is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 193 anagrams from letters in farming (afgimnr).

Definitions for farming

noun

1. the business of operating a farm.
2. the practice of letting or leasing taxes, revenue, etc., for collection.
3. a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
4. land or water devoted to the raising of animals, fish, plants, etc.:
5. a similar, usually commercial, site where a product is manufactured or cultivated:
6. the system, method, or act of collecting revenue by leasing a territory in districts.
7. a country or district leased for the collection of revenue.
8. a fixed yearly amount accepted from a person in view of local or district taxes that he or she is authorized to collect.
9. a tract of land on which an industrial function is carried out, as the drilling or storage of oil or the generation of electricity by solar power.
10. English History. the rent or income from leased property. the condition of being leased at a fixed rent; possession under lease; a lease.
11. Also called farm team, farm club. Chiefly Baseball. a team in a minor league that is owned by or affiliated with a major-league team, for training or keeping players until ready or needed.
12. Obsolete. a fixed yearly amount payable in the form of rent, taxes, or the like.

Idioms

1. buy the farm, Slang. to die or be killed.

Verb phrases

1. farm out, to assign (work, privileges, or the like) to another by financial agreement; subcontract; lease: to assign the care of (a child or dependent person) to another: Chiefly Baseball. to assign (a player) to a farm. to exhaust (farmland) by overcropping. to drill (oil or gas wells), especially by subcontract on land owned or leased by another.

verb (used with object)

1. to cultivate (land).
2. to raise (animals, fish, plants, etc.) on land or in water.
3. to take the proceeds or profits of (a tax, undertaking, etc.) on paying a fixed sum.
4. to let or lease (taxes, revenues, an enterprise, etc.) to another for a fixed sum or a percentage (often followed by out).
5. to let or lease the labor or services of (a person) for hire.
6. to contract for the maintenance of (a person, institution, etc.):

verb (used without object)

1. to cultivate the soil; operate a farm.

Origin of farming

First recorded in 1545-55; farm + -ing¹

Examples for farming

We are also much at a loss for want of proper methods in our improvements of farming.

farming is hard work, and I hope my boys will have an easier time than I had.

Two-thirds of the 22 million people in West Africa depend on farming to live.

The invention of farming was the initial cause of wars that created peace.

He can tell you much more about farming than I can,' she said.

For a year or two, therefore, he tried to turn his attention to farming.

Sharpe Holdings Inc.* Missouri corporation that is involved in the farming, dairy, creamery, and cheese-making industries.

Nathan learned everything he could about farming and ranching.

The knowledge of farming which his sons had acquired now came into play.

Too many were taken from the farm and educated, but educated in everything but farming.