ALL meanings of farming
farm·ing
F f - noun Technical meaning of 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." 1
- noun farming The activity or business of growing crops and raising livestock. 1
- noun farming a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood. 1
- noun farming land or water devoted to the raising of animals, fish, plants, etc.: a pig farm; an oyster farm; a tree farm. 1
- noun farming a similar, usually commercial, site where a product is manufactured or cultivated: a cheese farm; a honey farm. 1
- noun farming the system, method, or act of collecting revenue by leasing a territory in districts. 1
- noun farming a country or district leased for the collection of revenue. 1
- noun farming a fixed yearly amount accepted from a person in view of local or district taxes that he or she is authorized to collect. 1
- noun farming a tract of land on which an industrial function is carried out, as the drilling or storage of oil or the generation of electricity by solar power. 1
- noun farming English History. the rent or income from leased property. the condition of being leased at a fixed rent; possession under lease; a lease. 1
- noun farming Also called farm team, farm club. Chiefly Baseball. a team in a minor league that is owned by or affiliated with a major-league team, for training or keeping players until ready or needed. 1
- noun farming Obsolete. a fixed yearly amount payable in the form of rent, taxes, or the like. 1
- verb with object farming to cultivate (land). 1
- verb with object farming to raise (animals, fish, plants, etc.) on land or in water. 1
- verb with object farming to take the proceeds or profits of (a tax, undertaking, etc.) on paying a fixed sum. 1
- verb with object farming to let or lease (taxes, revenues, an enterprise, etc.) to another for a fixed sum or a percentage (often followed by out). 1
- verb with object farming to let or lease the labor or services of (a person) for hire. 1
- verb with object farming to contract for the maintenance of (a person, institution, etc.): a county that farms its poor. 1
- verb without object farming to cultivate the soil; operate a farm. 1
- idioms farming buy the farm, Slang. to die or be killed. 1
- noun farming agriculture 1
- noun farming agricultural 1
- noun farming The business of cultivating land, raising stocks etc. 0
- noun farming A farming operation; a farm, or instance of farming on a piece of land. 0
- verb farming present participle of farm. 0
- adjective farming Pertaining to the agricultural business. 0
- adjective farming Raising livestock or fish. 0
- uncountable noun farming Farming is the activity of growing crops or keeping animals on a farm. 0
- noun farming the business, art, or skill of agriculture 0
- noun farming (as modifier) 0
- adjective farming of or for agriculture 0
- noun farming the business of operating a farm (sense 3) farm (sense 4) 0
- noun farming the letting out to farm of land, revenue, etc. 0