Look up: farming

1. farming
   (jargon) (From Adelaide University, Australia) What the heads of a disk drive are said to do when they plow little furrows in the magnetic media during a head crash. Typically used as follows: 'Oh no, the machine has just crashed; I hope the hard drive hasn't gone farming again.' [Jargon File] (2001-03-26)
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2. farming
   [n] - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock 2. [n] - working the land as an occupation or way of life
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3. Farming
   The Celts farmed a wide range of crops. They produced excess wheat and were exporting it to the Roman empire in large quantities.
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4. Farming
   Farm'ing adjective Pertaining to agriculture; devoted to, adapted to, or engaged in, farming; as, farming tools; farming land; a farming community.
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5. Farming
   Farm'ing noun The business of cultivating land.
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6. farming
   Pertaining to agriculture; devoted to, adapted to, or engaged in, farming; as, farming tools; farming land; a farming community. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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7. farming
   agriculture noun the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
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8. farming
   noun agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life; `farming is a strenuous life`; `there`s no work on the land any more`
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9. Farming
   • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Farm • (n.) The business of cultivating land. • (a.) Pertaining to agriculture; devoted to, adapted to, or engaged in, farming; as, farming tools; farming land; a farming community.
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10. farming
    the practice of agriculture. See also agricultural economics.
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11. farming
    
    • the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
    • working the land as an occupation or way of life
    • collect fees or profits
    • cultivate by growing; often involves improvements by means of agricultural techniques
    
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12. farming
    farming, in agriculture: see agriculture.
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13. farming
    farming, in the history of taxation, collection of taxes through private contractors. Usually, the tax farmer paid a lump sum to the public treasury; the difference between that sum and the sum actually collected represented his profit or loss. Although tax farming is no longer practiced, it was com...
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14. farming
    Click images to enlargeBusiness of cultivating land. Different approaches to farming can be classified in several ways: according to crop or animal combinations, for example arable farming or pastoral farming; according to the dominant product group, for example dairy farming or market gardening; or according ...
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15. Farming
    (disambiguation) A farm is a section of land dedicated to agriculture. `Farming`, then, is the practice of cultivating crops or livestock on a farm. `Farming` may also refer to: See also:
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