noun · countable / uncountable · rare

husbandry

hus·band·ry

husbandry · husbandries

тваринництво, скотарство

сельское хозяйство, земледелие

Haltung, Landwirtschaft, Ackerbau und Viehzucht

The occupation or work of a husbandman or farmerThe occupation or work of a husbandman or farmer; the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock; agriculture.

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/ˈhʌzb(ə)ndɹi/

» Agriculture, crafts, animal husbandry and fishery are the main traditional sources of income.

Meaning

5 senses

(countable, uncountable)The occupation or work of a husbandman or farmer; the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock; agriculture.
Haltung, Landwirtschaft, Ackerbau und Viehzucht
земледе́лиеzemledélije, се́льское хозя́йствоsélʹskoje xozjájstvo
твари́нництвоtvarýnnyctvo, скота́рствоskotárstvo
(countable, uncountable)The prudent management or conservation of resources.
(countable, uncountable)Administration or management of day-to-day matters.
(countable, uncountable)Techniques of animal care.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Agricultural or cultivated land.

More definitions

the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

Examples

3 sentences

Agriculture, crafts, animal husbandry and fishery are the main traditional sources of income.
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Neither a borrower nor a lender be; / For loan oft loses both itself and friend, / And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
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Neither a borrower nor a lender be: For loan oft loses both itself and friend; And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

cultivation of crops and raising of livestock:

Русский

By meaning 1

cultivation of crops and raising of livestock:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

cultivation of crops and raising of livestock:

Origin

From Middle English hus-bō̆ndrī, hus-bō̆ndrīe, husbanderi, husbonderie, housbondrye, house

From Middle English hus-bō̆ndrī, hus-bō̆ndrīe, husbanderi, husbonderie, housbondrye, housebondrie (“household management, housekeeping; household duties; economy, skilful management, thrift; farm management, agriculture, farming; cultivation; household articles; husbands collectively”), from hǒus-bō̆nd, hǒus-bō̆nde (“male spouse, husband; master of a house; male head of a household; man having charge of something, household manager; (figuratively) host, inhabitant, resident; bondsman, villein; farmer, husbandman”) (see further at husband) + -rīe (suffix forming nouns collectively denoting members or practitioners of a craft or profession). By surface analysis, husband + -ry.

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