husbandry
1Husbandry — Hus band*ry, n. 1. Care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic management; thrift. [1913 Webster] There s husbandry in heaven; Their candles are all out. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. The business of a husbandman, comprehending the various branches of… …
2husbandry — [huz′bən drē] n. [ME husbonderie: see HUSBAND] 1. Archaic management of domestic affairs, resources, etc. 2. careful, thrifty management; thrift; frugality 3. the science or art of farming: see ANIMAL HUSBANDRY …
3husbandry — index austerity, prudence Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4husbandry — c.1300, management of a household; late 14c. as farm management, from HUSBAND (Cf. husband) (n.) in a now obsolete sense of peasant farmer (early 13c.) + ERY (Cf. ery) …
5husbandry — farming, *agriculture …
6husbandry — ► NOUN 1) the care, cultivation, and breeding of crops and animals. 2) management and conservation of resources …
7Husbandry — (Roget s Thesaurus) >The economy or management of animals. < N PARAG:Husbandry >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 husbandry husbandry taming &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 circuration circuration zoohygiantics Sgm: N 1 domestication domestication domesticity Sgm …
8husbandry — noun 1) farmers have new methods of husbandry Syn: farm management, land management, farming, agriculture, agronomy; cultivation; animal husbandry, ranching 2) the careful husbandry of their resources Syn: conservation, management; …
9husbandry — n. animal husbandry * * * [ hʌzbəndrɪ] animal husbandry …
10husbandry — [[t]hʌ̱zbəndri[/t]] N UNCOUNT Husbandry is farming, especially when it is done carefully and well. ...soil conserving methods of good husbandry …
