husbandry

hus·band·ry

H0333300 (hŭz′bən-drē)n.1. a. The act or practice of cultivating crops and breeding and raising livestock; agriculture.b. The application of scientific principles to agriculture, especially to animal breeding.2. Careful management or conservation of resources; economy.

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[Middle English husbondri, from huseband, husband; see husband.]

husbandry

(ˈhʌzbəndrɪ) n1. (Agriculture) farming, esp when regarded as a science, skill, or art2. management of affairs and resources

hus•band•ry

(ˈhʌz bən dri)

n. 1. the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock. 2. the application of scientific principles to farming. Compare animal husbandry. 3. careful or thrifty management; frugality, thrift, or conservation. 4. Archaic. the management of domestic affairs or of resources generally. [1250–1300]

hus·band·ry

(hŭz′bən-drē) The application of scientific principles to agriculture, especially to animal breeding.

husbandry

1. Obsolete, domestic management, thrift, or frugality.
2. farming, especially the care of farm animals.See also: Agriculture

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husbandry - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stockfarming, agriculturecultivation - (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale)animal husbandry - breeding and caring for farm animalsarboriculture, tree farming - the cultivation of tree for the production of timberdairy farming, dairying - the business of a dairygardening, horticulture - the cultivation of plantstilling - cultivation of the land in order to raise cropsaquiculture, hydroponics, tank farming - a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrientsmixed farming - growing crops and feed and livestock all on the same farmplanting - putting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow; "the planting of corn is hard work"ranching - farming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle)strip cropping - cultivation of crops in strips following the contours of the land to minimize erosionsubsistence farming - farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer without surpluses for marketingharvest time, harvest - the season for gathering cropstruck farming - growing vegetables for the marketsmut - affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as cornfertilize, fertilise, feed - provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"thresh, thrash - beat the seeds out of a grainsow, seed - place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She sowed sunflower seeds"broadcast - sow over a wide area, especially by hand; "broadcast seeds"inseminate, sow in, sow - place seeds in or on (the ground); "sow the ground with sunflower seeds"reseed - seed again or anewfarm, produce, raise, grow - cultivate 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"carry - bear (a crop); "this land does not carry olives"till - work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation; "till the soil"crop, cultivate, work - prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"overcrop, overcultivate - to exhaust by excessive cultivation; "the farmers overcropped the land"plow, plough, turn - to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring"ridge - plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed stripdisk, harrow - draw a harrow over (land)hoe - dig with a hoe; "He is hoeing the flower beds"cultivate - foster the growth of

husbandry

noun1. farming, agriculture, cultivation, land management, tillage, agronomy The current juvenile harvest suggests poor husbandry.2. thrift, economy, good housekeeping, frugality, careful management These people consider themselves adept at financial husbandry.

husbandry

nounThe careful guarding of an asset:conservancy, conservation, management, preservation.

Translations

农场管理畜牧业

husband

(ˈhazbənd) noun a man to whom a woman is married. 丈夫 丈夫 verb to spend or use carefully, a little at a time. He needs to husband his strength. 節約地使用 节俭地使用ˈhusbandry noun management, especially of a farm or animals. 農牧業 农场管理，畜牧业