What is the meaning of farming?

noun

• The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock.
  • synonyms: agriculture, husbandry
• Agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life.
  • usage: "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more"
  • synonyms: land

verb

• Be a farmer; work as a farmer.
  • usage: "My son is farming in California"
  • synonyms: farm
• Collect fees or profits.
  • synonyms: farm
• Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques.
  • usage: "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here"
  • synonyms: grow, raise, farm, produce

adjective

• Relating to rural matters.
  • usage: "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming communities"
  • synonyms: agrarian, agricultural