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noun

Farming n. The business of cultivating land.

verb

Farm v. t. (past & past part. farmed; pres. part. farming)

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."

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."

To take at a certain rent or rate.

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.

Farm v. i. To engage in the business of tilling the soil; to labor as a farmer.

adjective

Farming adj. Pertaining to agriculture; devoted to, adapted to, or engaged in, farming; as, farming tools; farming land; a farming community.

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"Farming" Quotes from Famous Books

... windlass that raised his great square net; but never did we see them catch a fish, although on our return the same men were working as assiduously as ever. The country presented the same compact system of farming, the hills in many places being terraced to their very summits, and planted with waving crops of wheat and millet, beans, and vegetables of every description. Toward noon we passed the "Ta" and "Lao Kin Shan" (great and ...

— St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 • Various

... irreproachable character; that they should be free from physical defect, of good health and robust constitution; that they should give evidence of piety, and of special adaptation to this calling; that they should understand farming, or some one of the trades practised in the establishment, or possess sufficient mechanical talent to acquire a knowledge of them readily; that they should have already a certain amount of education, and an amiable and teachable disposition; ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, March, 1858 • Various

... Eve span," agriculture has been the principal occupation of civilized man. With the advance of chemistry, particularly that branch known as agricultural chemistry, farming has become more of a science, and its successful pursuit demands not only unceasing industry, but a high degree of trained intelligence. Of late years farming has rather fallen into disrepute with ambitious young ...

— How to Get on in the World - A Ladder to Practical Success • Major A.R. Calhoon

... large orchard and had sufficient capital to cultivate it properly. George Strange was marked by a complacent, self-confident manner that his urbanity somewhat toned down. He dealt in artificial fertilizers and farming implements, and it was said that he never lost a customer and seldom made a ...

— The Lure of the North • Harold Bindloss

... it's an immense house, and will take a power of money to keep it in order. The garden and orchard alone need two or three men, and farming isn't in Bhaer's line, ...

— Little Women • Louisa May Alcott

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