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Farming Noun Bre ˈfɑːmɪŋ ˈfɑːrmɪŋ Sheep/Fish Organic Modern

Word farming
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈfɑːmɪŋ / NAmE / ˈfɑːrmɪŋ /
Example
  • to take up farming
  • sheep/fish, etc. farming
  • organic farming
  • modern farming methods
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farming

(noun)BrE / ˈfɑːmɪŋ / NAmE / ˈfɑːrmɪŋ /
  1. the business of managing or working on a farm
    • to take up farming
    • sheep/fish, etc. farming
    • organic farming
    • modern farming methods
    • a farming community

    Extra Examples

    • They lived by fishing and by basic small-scale farming.
    • a farming operation where sheep are raised
    • the decline of traditional family farming
    • sheep/dairy/organic farming
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