n. The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock; tillage; husbandry; farming.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The cultivation of the ground; especially, cultivation with the plow and in large areas in order to raise food for man and beast; husbandry; tillage; farming.
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n. a large-scale farming enterprise
n. the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
n. the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862
n. the class of people engaged in growing food
Word Usage
"Uspaskich, who has investments in agriculture, is known throughout Lithuania as the Gherkin King."