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husbandry

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

[Middle English husbondri, from huseband, husband. See husband.]


 
 
Thesaurus: husbandry

noun

    The careful guarding of an asset: conservancy, conservation, management, preservation. See keep/release.

 

In geography, the farming of animals.

 

Careful management of e.g. animals. Implies thrifty, humane, caring. See also animal husbandry.

 
Translations: Translations for: Husbandry

Dansk (Danish)
n. - landbrug, økonomi, sparsommelighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
zorgvuldig beheer, landbouw en veeteelt

Français (French)
n. - (Agric) agriculture, gestion (des ressources)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Landwirtschaft, Haushalten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αγροτική οικονομία, γεωργία, συνετή διαχείριση, οικονομία

Italiano (Italian)
agricoltura, amministrazione domestica

Português (Portuguese)
n. - agricultura (f), economia (f) doméstica

Русский (Russian)
земледелие, бережливость

Español (Spanish)
n. - agricultura, ahorro, buen gobierno

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - jordbruk, hushållning, sparsamhet

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
农事, 家政, 耕作

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 農事, 家政, 耕作

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 농업, 가정, 절약

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 農業, 耕作, 節約, 倹約, やりくり

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) اقتصاد في النفقه, زراعه, العنايه العلميه بناحيه من نواحي الزراعه وبخاصه بالحيوانات الداجنه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ניהול משאבים, חיסכון, ניהול קפדני‬


 
 

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