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farming
(mass) | farming
- hospodárenie |
farming
(encz) | farming,hospodaření n: Zdeněk Brož |
farming
(encz) | farming,zemědělství n: Zdeněk Brož |
Farming
(gcide) | Farm \Farm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Farmed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Farming.]
1. To lease or let for an equivalent, as land for a rent; to
yield the use of to proceeds.
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We are enforced to farm our royal realm. --Shak.
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2. 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.
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To farm their subjects and their duties toward
these. --Burke.
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3. To take at a certain rent or rate.
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4. To devote (land) to agriculture; to cultivate, as land; to
till, as a farm.
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To farm let, To let to farm, to lease on rent.
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Farming
(gcide) | Farming \Farm"ing\, a.
Pertaining to agriculture; devoted to, adapted to, or engaged
in, farming; as, farming tools; farming land; a farming
community.
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Farming
(gcide) | Farming \Farm"ing\, n.
The business of cultivating land.
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farming
(wn) | farming
adj 1: relating to rural matters; "an agrarian (or agricultural)
society"; "farming communities" [syn: agrarian,
agricultural, farming(a)]
n 1: the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock [syn:
farming, agriculture, husbandry]
2: agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life;
"farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land
any more" [syn: farming, land] |
farming
(foldoc) | farming
(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."
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(2001-03-26)
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co-operative farming
(encz) | co-operative farming,družstevní zemědělství |
dairy farming
(encz) | dairy farming, n: |
dry farming
(encz) | dry farming, |
farming area
(encz) | farming area, n: |
farming technology
(encz) | farming technology,agrotechnika [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
farmington
(encz) | Farmington, |
mixed farming
(encz) | mixed farming, n: |
organic farming
(encz) | organic farming,organické zemědělství [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
subsistence farming
(encz) | subsistence farming, n: |
tank farming
(encz) | tank farming, n: |
tree farming
(encz) | tree farming, n: |
truck farming
(encz) | truck farming, n: |
Baby farming
(gcide) | Baby farming \Ba"by farm`ing\
The business of keeping a baby farm.
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Farming
(gcide) | Farm \Farm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Farmed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Farming.]
1. To lease or let for an equivalent, as land for a rent; to
yield the use of to proceeds.
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We are enforced to farm our royal realm. --Shak.
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2. 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.
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To farm their subjects and their duties toward
these. --Burke.
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3. To take at a certain rent or rate.
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4. To devote (land) to agriculture; to cultivate, as land; to
till, as a farm.
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To farm let, To let to farm, to lease on rent.
[1913 Webster]Farming \Farm"ing\, a.
Pertaining to agriculture; devoted to, adapted to, or engaged
in, farming; as, farming tools; farming land; a farming
community.
[1913 Webster]Farming \Farm"ing\, n.
The business of cultivating land.
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Ostrich farming
(gcide) | ostrich \os"trich\ ([o^]s"trich), n. [OE. ostriche, ostrice, OF.
ostruche, ostruce, F. autruche, L. avis struthio; avis bird +
struthio ostrich, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? bird, sparrow. Cf.
Aviary, Struthious.] [Formerly written also estrich.]
(Zool.)
A large bird of the genus Struthio, of which {Struthio
camelus} of Africa is the best known species. It has long and
very strong legs, adapted for rapid running; only two toes; a
long neck, nearly bare of feathers; and short wings incapable
of flight. The adult male is about eight feet high.
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Note: The South African ostrich (Struthio australis) and
the Asiatic ostrich are considered distinct species by
some authors. Ostriches are now domesticated in South
Africa in large numbers for the sake of their plumes.
The body of the male is covered with elegant black
plumose feathers, while the wings and tail furnish the
most valuable white plumes.
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Ostrich farm, a farm on which ostriches are bred for the
sake of their feathers, oil, eggs, etc.
Ostrich farming, the occupation of breeding ostriches for
the sake of their feathers, etc.
Ostrich fern (Bot.) a kind of fern ({Onoclea
Struthiopteris}), the tall fronds of which grow in a
circle from the rootstock. It is found in alluvial soil in
Europe and North America.
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Truck farming
(gcide) | Truck \Truck\, n. [Cf. F. troc.]
1. Exchange of commodities; barter. --Hakluyt.
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2. Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade;
small commodities; esp., in the United States, garden
vegetables raised for the market. [Colloq.]
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3. The practice of paying wages in goods instead of money; --
called also truck system.
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Garden truck, vegetables raised for market. [Colloq.] [U.
S.]
Truck farming, raising vegetables for market: market
gardening. [Colloq. U. S.]
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dairy farming
(wn) | dairy farming
n 1: the business of a dairy [syn: dairying, dairy farming] |
farming area
(wn) | farming area
n 1: a rural area where farming is practiced [syn: farmland,
farming area] |
farmington
(wn) | Farmington
n 1: a town in northwestern New Mexico
2: a residential town in central Connecticut |
mixed farming
(wn) | mixed farming
n 1: growing crops and feed and livestock all on the same farm |
subsistence farming
(wn) | subsistence farming
n 1: farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer
without surpluses for marketing |
tank farming
(wn) | tank farming
n 1: a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water
containing dissolved nutrients [syn: hydroponics,
aquiculture, tank farming] |
tree farming
(wn) | tree farming
n 1: the cultivation of tree for the production of timber [syn:
arboriculture, tree farming] |
truck farming
(wn) | truck farming
n 1: growing vegetables for the market |
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