farming

noun

farm·​ing ˈfär-miŋ 

: the practice of agriculture or aquaculture

Synonyms of farming

• agriculture

Examples of farming in a Sentence

since an ancestor settled there in the 19th century, farming has been the only occupation for six generations of the family

Recent Examples on the Web

Janse uses no-till farming on his fields — not plowing the soil, planting crops to cover the ground year-round and adding organic matter — to help cope with the whims of the weather as climate change triggers more extremes. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

As engagement-farming social-media accounts like Pop Base and celebrity-gossip accounts such as Deuxmoi still post frequent updates of celebrity sightings and speculation, the type of blanketing gossip press that Hilton introduced now spares no one. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026

The district includes the major south metro suburbs of Burnsville, Cottage Grove, Eagan, Inver Grove Heights, Lakeville and Woodbury, as well as smaller cities and farming areas in Scott and Le Sueur counties. — Esme Murphy, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Just about all the infrastructure and services are new and improved in this rural central Washington farming town of 8,500, miles from the Columbia River. — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1642, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing farming

• aura farming
• dry farming
• mixed farming
• subsistence farming

Rhymes for farming

• arming
• charming
• harming
• alarming
• disarming

Kids Definition

farming

noun

farm·​ing

ˈfär-miŋ

: the occupation or business of a person who farms