Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The science, art, and business of cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock; farming.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The cultivation of the ground; especially, cultivation with the plow and in large areas in order to raise food for man and beast; husbandry; tillage; farming. Theoretical agriculture, or the theory of agriculture, is a science comprehending in its scope the nature and properties of soils, the different sorts of plants and seeds fitted for them, the composition and qualities of manures, and the rotation of crops, and involving a knowledge of chemistry, geology, and kindred sciences. Practical agriculture, or husbandry, is an art comprehending all the labors of the field and of the farmyard, such as preparing the land for the reception of the seed or plants, sowing and planting, rearing and gathering the crops, care of fruit-trees and domestic animals, disposition of products, etc.
Wiktionary
- n. The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock; tillage; husbandry; farming.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a large-scale farming enterprise
- n. the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
- n. 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 1862
- n. the class of people engaged in growing food
Etymologies
- Middle English, from Latin agrīcultūra : agrī, genitive of ager, field; see agro- in Indo-European roots + cultūra, cultivation; see culture.
Examples
“It is incipient agriculture, but should be carefully distinguished from the _field agriculture_ in which extensive pieces of land are subdued by the plough.”
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“Technology in agriculture is an emotional topic and there are organizations or individuals who generally oppose modern agriculture or biotechnology.”
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“A lot of the property, especially in agriculture, is now in the hands of worker and peasant cooperatives. ajay Says:”
“Uspaskich, who has investments in agriculture, is known throughout Lithuania as the Gherkin King.”
“In 1967, he received a Bachelor's degree in agriculture from the University of Saskatchewan.”
“At a time when global trade in agriculture is in disarray, the U.S. and Canada agreed to a number of liberalizing policies that will ease trade distortions for our farmers.”
“Well, one of the things we have learned in agriculture is to test our soil, to see if there be any mineral deficiencies.”
“So, the basic thing in agriculture is to start with the soil itself, and see that every mineral requirement is there to produce the proper type of plant life, and if every mineral required is there, then you can produce the right kind of feed for human and for animal consumption.”
“Scientific research as the Russians have adopted it in agriculture is something that we must copy.”
“Unfortunately, the agriculture is the biggest exception and the EU forces some other exceptions too.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘agriculture’.
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Down on the Farm
All things farm and agriculture related.
barn, tractor, cow, hay, horse, pig, corn, plough, irrigation, subsidies, crops, plant and 260 more...
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Cultivating Cultures
agriculture, apiculture, sericulture, horticulture, aquaculture, subculture, permaculture, monoculture, viticulture, floriculture, cyberculture, counterculture and 21 more...
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agro-, agri-
of or involving agriculture
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