All homesteading synonyms
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H h noun homesteading
- migration β the process or act of migrating.
- gardening β a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
- cultivation β the planting, tending, improving, or harvesting of crops or plants
- culture β Culture consists of activities such as the arts and philosophy, which are considered to be important for the development of civilization and of people's minds.
- production β the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- breeding β If someone says that a person has breeding, they mean that they think the person is from a good social background and has good manners.
- agriculture β Agriculture is farming and the methods that are used to raise and look after crops and animals.
- grazing β a touching or rubbing lightly in passing.
- ranching β an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.
- migration β the process or act of migrating.
- landscaping β a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.
- operating β used or engaged in performing operations: an operating surgeon.
- threshing β to separate the grain or seeds from (a cereal plant or the like) by some mechanical means, as by beating with a flail or by the action of a threshing machine.
- growing β becoming greater in quantity, size, extent, or intensity: growing discontent among industrial workers.
- harvesting β Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- feeding β food, especially for farm animals, as cattle, horses or chickens.
- reaping β to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- gleaning β the act of a person who gleans.
- tillage β the operation, practice, or art of tilling land.
- agronomy β the science of cultivation of land, soil management, and crop production
- hydroponics β the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil; soilless growth of plants. Compare aeroculture, geoponics (def 2).
- seeding β the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- displacement β the act of displacing.
- voyage β a course of travel or passage, especially a long journey by water to a distant place.
- travel β to go from one place to another, as by car, train, plane, or ship; take a trip; journey: to travel for pleasure.
- relocation β to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location: plans to relocate the firm to Houston.
- removal β the act of removing.
- movement β the act, process, or result of moving.
- defection β the act or an instance of defecting
- march β to touch at the border; border.
- peregrination β travel from one place to another, especially on foot.
- colonization β to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
- journey β a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time; trip: a six-day journey across the desert.
- trek β to travel or migrate, especially slowly or with difficulty.
- shift β to put (something) aside and replace it by another or others; change or exchange: to shift friends; to shift ideas.
- departure β Departure or a departure is the act of going away from somewhere.
- crossing β A crossing is a journey by boat or ship to a place on the other side of a sea, river, or lake.
- wandering β moving from place to place without a fixed plan; roaming; rambling: wandering tourists.
- resettlement β the act or state of settling or the state of being settled.
- settling β the act of a person or thing that settles.
verb homesteading
- plow β an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- reap β to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- tend β to attend by action, care, etc. (usually followed by to).
- graze β to touch or rub something lightly, or so as to produce slight abrasion, in passing: to graze against a rough wall.
- sow β to scatter (seed) over land, earth, etc., for growth; plant.
- cultivate β If you cultivate land or crops, you prepare land and grow crops on it.
- operate β to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- harvest β Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- grow β to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- look after β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.