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 [ˈhʌzbəndrɪ]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) farming, esp when regarded as a science, skill, or art

2. management of affairs and 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) 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 The current juvenile harvest suggests poor husbandry.

2. thrift, economy, good housekeeping, frugality, careful management These people consider themselves adept at financial husbandry.

Translations

husbandry [ˈhʌzbəndrɪ] N

1. (Agr) → agricultura f
animal husbandry → cría f de animales

2. (= administration) (also good husbandry) → buena administración f, buena gestión f

husbandry

n

(= management) → Haushalten nt, → Wirtschaften nt

(= farming) → Landwirtschaft f