Hypertext Webster Gateway: "farming"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Farming \Farm"ing\, n.
The business of cultivating land.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

We are enforced to farm our royal realm. --Shak.

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.

To farm their subjects and their duties toward
these. --Burke.

3. To take at a certain rent or rate.

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

{To farm let}, {To let to farm}, to lease on rent.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Farming \Farm"ing\, a.
Pertaining to agriculture; devoted to, adapted to, or engaged
in, farming; as, farming tools; farming land; a farming
community.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

farming
adj : "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming
communities" [syn: {agrarian}, {agricultural}, {farming(a)}]
n 1: the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock [syn:
{agriculture}, {husbandry}]
2: working the land as an occupation or way of life; "farming
is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any
more" [syn: {land}]


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