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ag·ri·cul·ture
(ăg′rĭ-kŭl′chər)n.
The science, art, and business of cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock; farming.
[Middle English, from Latin agrīcultūra : agrī, genitive of ager, field; see agro- in Indo-European roots + cultūra, cultivation; see culture.]
ag′ri·cul′tur·al adj.
ag′ri·cul′tur·al·ly adv.
ag′ri·cul′tur·ist, ag′ri·cul′tur·al·ist n.
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agriculture
(ˈæɡrɪˌkʌltʃə)n
(Agriculture) the science or occupation of cultivating land and rearing crops and livestock; farming; husbandry.
[C17: from Latin agricultūra, from ager field, land + cultūra culture]
ˌagriˈcultural adj
ˌagriˈculturally adv
ˌagriˈculturist, ˌagriˈculturalist n
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ag•ri•cul•ture
(ˈæg rɪˌkʌl tʃər)n.
the science, art, or occupation concerned with cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock; farming.
[1425–75; late Middle English < Middle French < Latin agrīcultūra=agrī, genitive singular of ager field + cultūra culture]
ag`ri•cul′tur•al, adj.
ag`ri•cul′tur•al•ly, adv.
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Agriculture
the art and science of farming. Also called tillage. — agriculturist, agriculturalist, n. — agricultural, adj.
the branch of geology concerned with the adaptability of land to agriculture, soil quality, etc. — agrogeologist, n.
agronomy.
the science of management in farming. Also spelled agronomics. — agronomist, n.
Rare. useful arts, as agriculture, commerce, and manufacturing.
the cultivation of citrus fruits, as lemons, oranges, etc. — citriculturist, n.
a cultivator or a person who grows things.
Law. the growing of crops and the profits reaped therefrom.
Rare. a proponent of the practice of leaving fields fallow.
the principles and adherence to the principles of the Grange. — granger, n.
the practice and science of cultivating gardens, for the growth of flowers, fruits, or vegetables. — horticulturist, n. — horticultural, adj.
1. Obsolete, domestic management, thrift, or frugality.
2. farming, especially the care of farm animals.
2. farming, especially the care of farm animals.
the use of land for the cultivation of only one type of crop. — monocultural, adj.
a person who tends or cultivates an orchard.
the herding or tending of cattle as a primary economic activity or occupation. Also called pasturage. — pastoralist, n. — pastoral, adj.
pastoralism.
the cultivation of fruit and fruit-trees.
agriculture.
the seasonal migration of livestock and those who tend livestock between mountain and valley, as practiced in Switzerland. — transhumant, adj.
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| Noun | 1. |  agriculture - a large-scale farming enterprise business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" |
| 2. |  agriculture - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stockcultivation - (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale) animal husbandry - breeding and caring for farm animals arboriculture, tree farming - the cultivation of tree for the production of timber dairy farming, dairying - the business of a dairy gardening, horticulture - the cultivation of plants tilling - cultivation of the land in order to raise crops aquiculture, hydroponics, tank farming - a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients mixed farming - growing crops and feed and livestock all on the same farm planting - putting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow; "the planting of corn is hard work" ranching - farming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle) strip cropping - cultivation of crops in strips following the contours of the land to minimize erosion subsistence farming - farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer without surpluses for marketing harvest time, harvest - the season for gathering crops truck farming - growing vegetables for the market smut - affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn fertilize, fertilise, feed - provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants" broadcast - sow over a wide area, especially by hand; "broadcast seeds" reseed - seed again or anew farm, produce, raise, grow - cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here" carry - bear (a crop); "this land does not carry olives" till - work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation; "till the soil" overcrop, overcultivate - to exhaust by excessive cultivation; "the farmers overcropped the land" plow, plough, turn - to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring" ridge - plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip hoe - dig with a hoe; "He is hoeing the flower beds" cultivate - foster the growth of | |
| 3. |  Agriculture - 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 1862executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States | |
| 4. |  agriculture - the class of people engaged in growing foodsocial class, socio-economic class, stratum, class - people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class" |
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agriculture
noun farming, culture, cultivation, husbandry, tillage, agronomy, agronomics The country is strong in both industry and agriculture.
Related words
adjective geoponic
adjective geoponic
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Translations
زِرَاعَةزِرَاعَه
zemědělství
landbrugjordbrug
maanviljelymaatalous
poljoprivreda
landbúnaîur, jarîyrkja
農業
농업
agricultura
žemdirbystėžemės ūkiožemės ūkis
lauksaimniecībazemkopība
kmetijstvo
jordbruk
การเกษตรกรรม
nông nghiệp
agriculture
[ˈægrɪkʌltʃəʳ] N → agricultura fMinistry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Brit) → Ministerio m de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación (Sp)
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agriculture
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agriculture
(ˈӕgrikaltʃə) noun (the science of) the cultivation of land. He is studying agriculture.
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agriculture
→ زِرَاعَة zemědělství landbrug Landwirtschaft γεωργία agricultura maatalous agriculture poljoprivreda agricoltura 農業 농업 landbouw landbruk rolnictwo agricultura сельское хозяйство jordbruk การเกษตรกรรม tarım nông nghiệp 农业Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009