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agrikultura [ag.ri.kul.tú.ra.] : agriculture (n.)
Synonyms: pang-uma

Derivatives of agrikultura


Glosses:
agriculture
n. (act)1. agribusiness, agriculture, factory farma large-scale farming enterprise.
~ business enterprise, business, commercial enterprisethe activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects.; "computers are now widely used in business"
n. (act)2. agriculture, farming, husbandrythe practice of cultivating the land or raising stock.
~ cultivation(agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale).
~ cultivation(agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale).
~ animal husbandrybreeding and caring for farm animals.
~ arboriculture, tree farmingthe cultivation of tree for the production of timber.
~ dairy farming, dairyingthe business of a dairy.
~ gardening, horticulturethe cultivation of plants.
~ tillingcultivation of the land in order to raise crops.
~ aquiculture, hydroponics, tank farminga technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients.
~ mixed farminggrowing crops and feed and livestock all on the same farm.
~ plantingputting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow.; "the planting of corn is hard work"
~ ranchingfarming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle).
~ strip croppingcultivation of crops in strips following the contours of the land to minimize erosion.
~ subsistence farmingfarming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer without surpluses for marketing.
~ harvest time, harvestthe season for gathering crops.
~ truck farminggrowing vegetables for the market.
~ smutaffect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn.
~ fertilize, fertilise, feedprovide with fertilizers or add nutrients to.; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"
~ thresh, thrashbeat the seeds out of a grain.
~ sow, seedplace (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth.; "She sowed sunflower seeds"
~ broadcastsow over a wide area, especially by hand.; "broadcast seeds"
~ inseminate, sow in, sowplace seeds in or on (the ground).; "sow the ground with sunflower seeds"
~ reseedseed again or anew.
~ farm, produce, raise, growcultivate 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"
~ carrybear (a crop).; "this land does not carry olives"
~ tillwork land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation.; "till the soil"
~ crop, cultivate, workprepare for crops.; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"
~ overcrop, overcultivateto exhaust by excessive cultivation.; "the farmers overcropped the land"
~ plow, plough, turnto break and turn over earth especially with a plow.; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring"
~ ridgeplough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip.
~ disk, harrowdraw a harrow over (land).
~ hoedig with a hoe.; "He is hoeing the flower beds"
~ cultivatefoster the growth of.
n. (group)3. agriculture, agriculture department, department of agriculture, usdathe 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.
~ executive departmenta federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States.
n. (group)4. agriculturethe class of people engaged in growing food.
~ social class, socio-economic class, stratum, classpeople having the same social, economic, or educational status.; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"