資料來源 : pyDict

農業,農事,耕作

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Farming \Farm"ing\, n.
   The business of cultivating land.

Farm \Farm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Farmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Farming}.]
   1. To lease or let for an equivalent, as land for a rent; to
      yield the use of to proceeds.

            We are enforced to farm our royal realm. --Shak.

   2. To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the
      revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a
      percentage of what it yields; as, to farm the taxes.

            To farm their subjects and their duties toward
            these.                                --Burke.

   3. To take at a certain rent or rate.

   4. To devote (land) to agriculture; to cultivate, as land; to
      till, as a farm.

   {To farm let}, {To let to farm}, to lease on rent.

Farming \Farm"ing\, a.
   Pertaining to agriculture; devoted to, adapted to, or engaged
   in, farming; as, farming tools; farming land; a farming
   community.

資料來源 : WordNet®

farming
     adj : relating to rural matters; "an agrarian (or agricultural)
           society"; "farming communities" [syn: {agrarian}, {agricultural},
            {farming(a)}]

farming
     n 1: the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock [syn:
          {agriculture}, {husbandry}]
     2: working the land as an occupation or way of life; "farming
        is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any
        more" [syn: {land}]

資料來源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

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."
     
        [{Jargon File}]
     
        (2001-03-26)