agriculture
English Thesaurus
1. the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock (noun.act)
hypernym | : | cultivation, |
definition | : | (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale) (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | animal husbandry, |
definition | : | breeding and caring for farm animals (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | mixed farming, |
definition | : | growing crops and feed and livestock all on the same farm (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | planting, |
definition | : | putting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | ranching, |
definition | : | farming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle) (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | strip cropping, |
definition | : | cultivation of crops in strips following the contours of the land to minimize erosion (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | subsistence farming, |
definition | : | farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer without surpluses for marketing (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | truck farming, |
definition | : | growing vegetables for the market (noun.act) |
part holonym | : | tilling, |
definition | : | cultivation of the land in order to raise crops (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | cultivation, |
definition | : | (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale) (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | smut, |
definition | : | affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn (verb.body) |
domain member category | : | feed, fertilise, fertilize, |
definition | : | provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to (verb.change) |
domain member category | : | thrash, thresh, |
definition | : | beat the seeds out of a grain (verb.contact) |
domain member category | : | seed, sow, |
definition | : | place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth (verb.contact) |
domain member category | : | broadcast, |
definition | : | sow over a wide area, especially by hand (verb.contact) |
domain member category | : | inseminate, sow, sow in, |
definition | : | place seeds in or on (the ground) (verb.contact) |
domain member category | : | reseed, |
definition | : | seed again or anew (verb.contact) |
domain member category | : | farm, grow, produce, raise, |
definition | : | cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques (verb.creation) |
domain member category | : | carry, |
definition | : | bear (a crop) (verb.creation) |
domain member category | : | till, |
definition | : | work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation (verb.creation) |
domain member category | : | crop, cultivate, work, |
definition | : | prepare for crops (verb.creation) |
domain member category | : | overcrop, overcultivate, |
definition | : | to exhaust by excessive cultivation (verb.creation) |
domain member category | : | plough, plow, turn, |
definition | : | to break and turn over earth especially with a plow (verb.creation) |
domain member category | : | ridge, |
definition | : | plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip (verb.creation) |
domain member category | : | disk, harrow, |
definition | : | draw a harrow over (land) (verb.creation) |
domain member category | : | hoe, |
definition | : | dig with a hoe (verb.creation) |
domain member category | : | cultivate, |
definition | : | foster the growth of (verb.creation) |
2. a large-scale farming enterprise (noun.act)
3. the class of people engaged in growing food (noun.group)
4. 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 (noun.group)
hypernym | : | executive department, |
definition | : | a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States (noun.group) |
5. the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock (noun.act)
derivation | : | farm, grow, produce, raise, |
definition | : | cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques (verb.creation) |
6. a large-scale farming enterprise (noun.act)
7. the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock (noun.act)
derivation | : | farm, grow, produce, raise, |
definition | : | cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques (verb.creation) |
8. a large-scale farming enterprise (noun.act)
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