How do you pronounce farming?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɑɹmɪŋ/.

farming

/ˈfɑɹmɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.21 in modern English

Syllables: farm-ing
IPA: /ˈfɑɹmɪŋ/

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Meaning

noun

The business of cultivating land, raising stock, etc.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A farming operation; a farm, or instance of farming on a piece of land.

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Pertaining to the agricultural business.

adj

Raising livestock or fish.

verb

present participle and gerund of farm

Example Sentences

"Gardening, then, is a sort of refined farming upon a limited scale."
"Farming was among the earliest of civilized man's occupations, [...]"
"We discharge them also of all Farmings of Benefices, and Church Lands, or Goods, of which they were spoiled by those who Commanded under their General."
"After Agricultural Foundation Law was enacted in 1961, the expansion of scale of farm business, the improvement of agricultural foundation, the spread of diversified farming with livestock, the mechanization and the rationalization of farming have accelerated viable farmings."
"The problem has been enhanced more so because more agricultural farmings are spreading out leaving but slight margins for cattle farming and fears are expressed by farmers upon the possible cattle intrusion into the farmings ..."

Etymology

From farm + -ing.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈfɑɹmɪŋ/
British English: /ˈfɑːmɪŋ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

farmings (plural)

Derived Forms

antifarming aquafarming biofarming electrofarming Farmington landfarming microfarming nonfarming refarming sharefarming skyfarming unfarming

Phrases

aura farming baby farming bee farming dairy farming data farming dirt farming factory farming farming sim

Synonyms

soil agrarian agricultural land agriculture husbandry

Rhymes With

charming alarming harming arming disarming rearming