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Adjective farming has 1 sense

agrarian, agricultural, farming - relating to rural matters; "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming communities"
Antonym: urban (indirect, via rural)

Noun farming has 2 senses

farming, agriculture, husbandry - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
--₁ is a kind of cultivation
--₁ has parts: tilling; harvest, harvest time
--₁ has particulars:

animal husbandry; arboriculture, tree farming; dairying, dairy farming; gardening, horticulture; hydroponics, aquiculture, tank farming; mixed farming; planting; ranching; strip cropping; subsistence farming; truck farming

Derived form: verb farm₃

farming, land - working the land as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more"
--₂ is a kind of occupation, business, job, line of work, line

Derived form: verb farm₁

Verb farm has 3 senses

farm - be a farmer; work as a farmer; "My son is farming in California"
--₁ is one way to work, do work

Derived forms: noun farm₁, noun farmer₁, noun farming₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
farm - collect fees or profits
--₂ is one way to collect, take in
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
grow, raise, farm, produce - 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"
--₃ is one way to cultivate

Derived forms: noun farm₁, noun farmer₁, noun farming₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something