FARMING Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈfär-miŋ

as in agriculture

the science or occupation of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock since an ancestor settled there in the 19th century, farming has been the only occupation for six generations of the family

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farming

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adjective

as in agricultural

engaged in or concerned with agriculture years of drought had a devastating impact on the region's farming communities

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farming

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verb

present participle of farm

as in cultivating

to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on we're planning on farming 50 acres the first year

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They may have been diminished by heavy cutting or cleared for farming or turned into plantations. —

Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Aug. 2024 Habitat destruction, primarily driven by industrial animal farming, is snowballing out of control. —

Jishnu Guha-Majumdar, Vox, 8 Aug. 2024 The code is a scalable approach driving behavior change in farming practices, supported by a clear code of conduct. —

Lauren Parker, Sourcing Journal, 12 Aug. 2024 Where the modern movement against factory farming went wrong The animal rights movement reconstituted roughly 50 years ago with the publication of philosopher Peter Singer’s Animal Liberation in 1975. —

Crystal Heath, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for farming

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