Farming - English meaning

noun

The science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.

Usage examples:

Fungicide resistance is a serious problem facing modern agriculture

noun

The practice or work of farming

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Agriculture and tourism are both important to the region’s economy., chicago was an important shipp…

noun

The business, science, or activity of farming

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Recent floods have devastated the state’s agriculture, with sharp declines in its production of cor…

noun

The science of soil management and crop production.

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The core group excludes several private colleges and universities as well as some public institutio…

noun

The science of farming, including the study of soil, plants, and animals, and ways to improve the production of food on farms

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Agronomy encompasses work in many areas including plant genetics, crop rotation, irrigation, and fo…

noun

The mating and production of offspring by animals.

Usage examples:

The flooding of the rivers is a trigger for breeding to start

verb

(of animals) mate and then produce offspring.

Usage examples:

Toads are said to return to the pond of their birth to breed

noun

The action of cultivating land, or the state of being cultivated.

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The cultivation of arable crops

noun

The act of preparing land and growing crops on it, or the act of growing a particular crop

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Agriculture in the valleys consists mainly of the culivation of fruits, grains, and vegetables., th…

noun

The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.

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20th century popular culture

verb

Maintain (tissue cells, bacteria, etc.) in conditions suitable for growth.

Usage examples:

Several investigators have attempted to culture biliary cells

noun

The way of life of a particular people, esp. as shown in their ordinary behavior and habits, their attitudes toward each other, and their moral and religious beliefs

Usage examples:

[ u ] he studied the culture of the sioux indians.

noun

A person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference.

Usage examples:

The delegates rejected the proposal

verb

Entrust (a task or responsibility) to another person, typically one who is less senior than oneself.

Usage examples:

She must delegate duties so as to free herself for more important tasks

verb

A person appointed or elected to represent others

plural noun

The science of agriculture.

Usage examples:

The horticultural skill of the greeks appears from their writers on geoponics to have been consider…

noun

The care, cultivation, and breeding of crops and animals.

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All aspects of animal husbandry

noun

Farming

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He gave a lecture on crop and animal husbandry.

noun

The action or fact of owning, maintaining, or protecting something.

Usage examples:

The keeping of dogs

verb

Have or retain possession of.

Usage examples:

Return one copy to me, keeping the other for your files

noun

Doing something you promised or had scheduled

Usage examples:

We all get together for dinner once a month, in keeping with (= following) family tradition.

verb

To get work done by making a contract with another company to do it, often in another country, rather than in your own company

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The candidate talks about working-class issues, particularly about jobs being outsourced overseas.,…

verb

If a company outsources work, it employs another organization to do it rather than using its own employees

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As part of a recent restructuring, anglian water decided to outsource some of its operations., the …

verb

Put (a seed, bulb, or plant) in the ground so that it can grow.

Usage examples:

We planted a lot of fruit trees

noun

A living organism of the kind exemplified by trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, ferns, and mosses, typically growing in a permanent site, absorbing water and inorganic substances through its roots, and synthesizing nutrients in its leaves by photosynthesis using the green pigment chlorophyll.

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Eventually, it melts to supply water and nutrients to plants and aquatic organisms.

noun

A place where an industrial or manufacturing process takes place.

Usage examples:

A giant car plant

verb

Lift or move to a higher position or level.

Usage examples:

She raised both arms above her head

noun

An increase in salary.

Usage examples:

He wants a raise and some perks

noun

(in poker or brag) an increase in a stake.

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It is usual to agree, before the start of the game, a limit for bets and raises in the poker stage.

verb

Bring up and care for (a child) until they are fully grown.

Usage examples:

Nigel was born and reared in bath

noun

The back part of something, especially a building or vehicle.

Usage examples:

The kitchen door at the rear of the house

adjective

At the back.

Usage examples:

The car's rear window

verb

Plant (seed) by scattering it on or in the earth.

Usage examples:

Fill a pot with compost and sow a thin layer of seeds on top

noun

An adult female pig, especially one which has farrowed.

Usage examples:

There are ten sows and fifty piglets at the farm

noun

A large block of metal (larger than a ‘pig’) made by smelting.

Usage examples:

The machine produces aluminium sow ingots in a range of sizes

verb

Employ a firm or person outside one's company to do (work) as part of a larger project.

Usage examples:

We would subcontract the translation work out

noun

A contract for a company or person to do work for another company as part of a larger project.

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Subcontract labour

verb

To pay an outside person or organization to do work that might normally be done within an organization

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Subcontract sth (out) to sb most of the work has been subcontracted out to another company., if it …

verb

Regularly or frequently behave in a particular way or have a certain characteristic.

Usage examples:

Written language tends to be formal

verb

Care for or look after; give one's attention to.

Usage examples:

Varela tended plants on the roof

noun

The preparation of land for growing crops.

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Manual clearing followed by mechanized tillage

noun

The act of preparing land for growing crops

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Traditional methods of tillage

verb

Prepare and cultivate (land) for crops.

Usage examples:

No land was being tilled or crops sown

preposition

Up to (the point in time or the event mentioned); until.

Usage examples:

I went to bed at 8 last night and slept till 6.30

conjunction

Up to the point in time or the event mentioned; until.

Usage examples:

He did not enter the town till it was nearly dark