farming

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farming

/ˈfɑːmɪŋ/ General South African, UK
/ˈfɑɹmɪŋ/ Canada, US
/ˈfɐ̞ːmɪŋ/ Australia

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)mɪŋ

Where it comes from

From farm + -ing.

noun farmings

countable, uncountable The business of cultivating land, raising stock, etc. Gardening, then, is a sort of refined farming upon a limited scale.
Similar: soil
countable, uncountable A farming operation; a farm, or instance of farming on a piece of land. We discharge them also of all Farmings of Benefices, and Church Lands, or Goods, of which they were spoiled by those who Commanded under their General.

adjective

not comparable Pertaining to the agricultural business.
not comparable working as a farmer, raising livestock or fish. But the story is thus; there was a plain farming Fellow in the Country that lived near the said Brother of the Congregational way,
not comparable, obsolete, rare renting the duties of one's office for a regular fixed payment

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of farm

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: husbandry, agrarian, agriculture, agricultural, land, rural, arable, farmland, crop, grower, tillage, tilling, plantation, agri, farmer, agronomic

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@misc{farming_2026,
  title = {farming},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/farming},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}