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Definition of Husbandry
1. Noun. The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock.
Generic synonyms: Cultivation
Examples of category: Cultivation, Smut, Feed, Fertilise, Fertilize, Thrash, Thresh, Seed, Sow, Broadcast, Inseminate, Sow, Sow In, Reseed, Farm, Grow, Produce, Raise, Carry, Till, Crop, Cultivate, Work, Overcrop, Overcultivate, Plough, Plow, Turn, Ridge, Disk, Harrow, Hoe, Cultivate
Specialized synonyms: Animal Husbandry, Arboriculture, Tree Farming, Dairy Farming, Dairying, Gardening, Horticulture, Aquiculture, Hydroponics, Tank Farming, Mixed Farming, Planting, Ranching, Strip Cropping, Subsistence Farming, Truck Farming
Terms within: Tilling, Harvest, Harvest Time
Derivative terms: Agriculturist, Farm
Definition of Husbandry
1. n. Care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic management; thrift.
Definition of Husbandry
1. Noun. The raising of livestock and the cultivation of crops; agriculture ¹
2. Noun. The prudent management or conservation of resources ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Husbandry
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Medical Definition of Husbandry
1. 1. Care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic management; thrift. "There's husbandry in heaven; Their candles are all out." (Shak) 2. The business of a husbandman, comprehending the various branches of agriculture; farming. "Husbandry supplieth all things necessary for food." (Spenser) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Husbandry
Literary usage of Husbandry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Agriculturist (1847)
"The whole of this region is admirably adapted to sheep husbandry. ... This whole
country is finely adapted to the Spanish mode of sheep husbandry. ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1896)
"Manure made upon a farm by the consumption of ils products in the ordinary course
of husbandry is a part of the realty. It cannot be sold or carried away by ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1857)
"THE husbandry OF THE ROMANS'. A DETAILED account of the System of Agriculture
pursued by the Romans—a people as skilled almost in the arts of tillage as of ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1814)
"This reason will, in some measure, account for the improved systems of husbandry
which are established in the northern part of our island, and explain a ..."
5. Six Centuries of Work and Wages: The History of English Labour by James Edwin Thorold Rogers (1906)
"ENGLISH husbandry FROM THE RISE IN PRICES. Identity of Agricultural Operations
for Four Centuries—The Three Course System—The Communal Field ..."
6. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"If the only alternative lay between a strictly scientific and an altogether
unscientific husbandry, a candid observer would have to concur in the Hindu ..."
7. Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity by Society of Antiquaries of London (1817)
"Great Russell Street, 18 March, 1816. you think that the following account of
some customs in husbandry, and the prices of various articles relating thereto ..."
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