husbandry

hus·band·ry  (hzbn-dr)

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.]

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husbandry

Noun

1. the art or skill of farming

2. management of resources

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husbandry  (hzbn-dr)

The application of scientific principles to agriculture, especially to animal breeding.

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husbandry

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

See also: Agriculture

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

husbandry - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock farming, agriculture 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 husbandry - breeding and caring for farm animals arboriculture, tree farming - the cultivation of tree for the production of timber dairy farming, dairying - the business of a dairy gardening, horticulture - the cultivation of plants tilling - cultivation of the land in order to raise crops aquiculture, hydroponics, tank farming - a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients mixed farming - growing crops and feed and livestock all on the same farm planting - 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 erosion subsistence farming - farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer without surpluses for marketing harvest time, harvest - the season for gathering crops truck farming - growing vegetables for the market smut - affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn fertilize, 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 grain sow, 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 anew farm, 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 strip disk, harrow - draw a harrow over (land) hoe - dig with a hoe; "He is hoeing the flower beds" cultivate - foster the growth of

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husbandry

noun 1. farming, agriculture, cultivation, land management, tillage, agronomy

noun 2. thrift, economy, good housekeeping, frugality, careful management