Synonyms for gardening
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1. gardening

   Agriculture is the generic term, including at once the science, the art, and the process of supplying human wants by raising the products of the soil, and by the associated industries; farming is the practise of agriculture as a business; there may be theoretical agriculture, but not theoretical farming; we speak of the science of agriculture, the business of farming; scientific agriculture may be wholly in books; scientific farming is practised upon the land; we say an agricultural college rather than a college of farming. Farming refers to the cultivation of considerable portions of land, and the raising of the coarser crops; gardening is the close cultivation of a small area for small fruits, flowers, vegetables, etc., and while it may be done upon a farm is yet a distinct industry. Gardening in general, kitchen-gardening, the cultivation of vegetables, etc., for the household, market-gardening, the raising of the same for sale, floriculture, the culture of flowers, and horticulture, the culture of fruits, flowers, or vegetables, are all departments of agriculture, but not strictly nor ordinarily of farming; farming is itself one department of agriculture. Husbandry is a general word for any form of practical agriculture, but is now chiefly poetical. Tillage refers directly to the work bestowed upon the land, as plowing, manuring, etc.; cultivation refers especially to the processes that bring forward the crop; we speak of the tillage of the soil, the cultivation of corn; we also speak of land as in a state of cultivation, under cultivation, etc. Culture is now applied to the careful development of any product to a state of perfection, especially by care through successive generations; the choice varieties of the strawberry have been produced by wise and patient culture; a good crop in any year is the result of good cultivation.

   Synonyms:
   agriculture, cultivation, culture, farming, floriculture, horticulture, husbandry, kitchen-gardening, market-gardening, tillage

Princeton's WordNetRate this synonym:2.5 / 2 votes

1. gardening, horticulturenoun

   the cultivation of plants

   Synonyms:
   horticulture

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1. • Farming

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 4 votes

1. gardeningnoun

   Synonyms:
   horticulture

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1. List of paraphrases for "gardening":

   horticulture, garden, horticultural

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1. Neal Kleiman:

   The last few years, Mark's pride and joy was Mark Hausknecht gardening and growing Mark Hausknecht own food.

2. Judy Pa:

   As we have arguably few-to-no effective treatments for Alzheimer's disease, prevention is crucial. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of treatment, to know that people could potentially improve their cognitive reserve by taking simple steps such as going to classes at the community center, playing bingo with their friends or spending more time walking or gardening is very exciting.

3. Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images:

   I do a lot of exercise, but its really the gardening cutting down a hedge, using my chainsaw to cut down a tree, logging, all of that stuff I do. So, Im very active.

4. Michelle Kondo:

   One thing we do know : In areas where neighbors are coming together to do gardening, there is less gun violence -- as opposed to hiring contractors to come in and do the work. There's more social cohesion, and people activate [ public ] spaces, there's also the broken windows theory -- when Michelle Kondo see a space that's uncared for.

5. Christine Zellers:

   Gardening can provide a sense of accomplishment and reward, in addition to movement, by doing something with your hands that is fulfilling, like feeding your family or making your yard look wonderful.