noun
farming
Growing crops or raising animals for food or other products.
Farming provides our community with fresh vegetables, milk, and eggs.
Etymology
Farm once referred to a fixed payment and then to land held for such a payment. Farming names the work performed on agricultural land: raising crops or animals.
More examples
- Her family makes a living from dairy farming.
- Cotton farming supplies fiber for clothing and other products.
- Years of drought have made farming difficult in this region.
Forms
Similar words
- agriculture
- A broader, more formal term that also covers agricultural science.
- cultivation
- Focuses on growing plants rather than raising farm animals.