[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      1913 webster

            we are enforced to farm our royal realm. --shak.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            to farm their subjects and their duties toward
            these.                                --burke.
      1913 webster

   3. to take at a certain rent or rate.
      1913 webster

   4. to devote land to agriculture; to cultivate, as land; to
      till, as a farm.
      1913 webster

   to farm let, to let to farm, to lease on rent.
      1913 webster
see also:
farmed farming to farm let to let to farm 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

farming \farm"ing\, a.
   pertaining to agriculture; devoted to, adapted to, or engaged
   in, farming; as, farming tools; farming land; a farming
   community.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

farming \farm"ing\, n.
   the business of cultivating land.
   1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

farming
     adj : relating to rural matters; "an agrarian or agricultural
           society"; "farming communities" syn: agrarian, agricultural,
            farminga
     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
see also:
agrarian agricultural farminga agriculture husbandry land 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

36 moby thesaurus words for "farming":
   agrarian, agrarianism, agricultural, agricultural geology,
   agriculture, agrology, agronomic, agronomics, agronomy, arable,
   contour farming, cultivation, culture, dirt farming, dry farming,
   dryland farming, farm, farm economy, fruit farming, geoponic,
   geoponics, grain farming, husbandry, hydroponics,
   intensive farming, mixed farming, rural, rural economy,
   sharecropping, strip farming, subsistence farming, tank farming,
   thremmatology, tillage, tilth, truck farming

[6] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

farming n. adelaide university, australia what the heads of a disk
   drive are said to do when they plow little furrows in the magnetic
   media. associated with a crash. typically used as follows: "oh no, the
   machine has just crashed; i hope the hard drive hasn't gone farming
   again." no longer common; modern drives automatically park their heads
   in a safe zone on power-down, so it takes a real mechanical problem to
   induce this.


see also:
crash farming 

[7] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

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
     
     
see also:
heads disk drive head crash farming jargon file 

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