| a. | 1. | Pertaining to agriculture; devoted to, adapted to, or engaged in, farming; |
| n. | 1. | The business of cultivating land. |
| Noun | 1. | farming - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock Synonyms: husbandry, agriculture |
| 2. | farming - working the land as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more" Synonyms: land | |
| Adj. | 1. | farming - relating to rural matters; "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming communities" Synonyms: agrarian, agricultural |
| (jargon) | farming - (From Adelaide University, Australia) What the heads of a disk drive are said to do when they plow little furrows in the magnetic media during a head crash. Typically used as follows: "Oh no, the machine has just crashed; I hope the hard drive hasn't gone farming again." |
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