Standard Lemma guide

farming

adj · noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-South-African, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɑːmɪŋ/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈfɑɹmɪŋ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈfɐ̞ːmɪŋ/
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)mɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: F AA1 R M IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Pertaining to the agricultural business.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Raising livestock or fish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The business of cultivating land, raising stock, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: soil

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A farming operation; a farm, or instance of farming on a piece of land.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

present participle and gerund of farm

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • farming is a strenuous life
  • there's no work on the land any more

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: land

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: occupation, business, job, line of work, line

7

noun

Meaning 7

the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: agriculture, husbandry

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cultivation

Narrower terms: animal husbandry, arboriculture, tree farming, dairying, dairy farming, gardening, horticulture, hydroponics, aquiculture, tank farming, mixed farming, planting, ranching, strip cropping, subsistence farming, truck farming

History

Etymology

From farm + -ing.

Real reading context

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