Meaning: A person who drives cattle or sheep to market.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The drover guided the herd through the town.

Category: Agriculture › Livestock

Synonyms: herder

Meaning: A barrier that uses electric shock to deter animals or intruders.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The electric fence keeps the livestock safe.

Category: Agriculture

Synonyms:

• shock fence
• electrified fence

Meaning: a large-scale farm that raises animals in confined spaces

Part of speech: noun

Example: Factory farms often raise chickens in crowded conditions.

Category: Agriculture › Animal Husbandry

Synonyms: intensive farming

Meaning: Land that is plowed but left unseeded for a period.

Part of speech: adjective

Example: The farmer left the field fallow to restore its nutrients.

Category: Agriculture

Synonyms:

• uncultivated
• unused

Antonyms:

• cultivated
• planted

Meaning: To make someone or something fatter.

Part of speech: verb

Example: Farmers fatten their cattle before selling them.

Category: Agriculture › Animal Husbandry

Synonyms:

• enlarge
• bulk up

Antonyms:

• slim down
• reduce

Meaning: To make someone or something gain weight.

Part of speech: phrasal verb

Example: They need to fatten up the pigs before the fair.

Category: Agriculture › Animal Husbandry

Synonyms:

• bulk up
• put on weight

Antonyms:

• lose weight
• slim down

Meaning: Materials used to feed livestock or animals.

Part of speech: noun

Example: Corn is a common feed stuff for cattle.

Category: Agriculture › Animal Nutrition

Synonyms:

• fodder
• feed

Meaning: A laborer who works in the fields, especially in agriculture.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The field hands worked hard during the harvest season.

Category: Agriculture › Labor

Synonyms:

• laborer
• worker

Meaning: A person who works in the fields, often in agriculture.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The fields man knows the best practices for planting.

Category: Agriculture › Labor

Synonyms:

• farmer
• laborer

Meaning: The initial yield or produce from a harvest.

Part of speech: noun

Example: They celebrated the first fruits of their labor.

Category: Agriculture › Harvesting

Meaning: A plant used to produce linen and flaxseed oil.

Part of speech: noun

Example: Flax is grown for its fibers and seeds.

Category: Agriculture › Crops

Meaning: The wool covering of a sheep.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The fleece was soft and warm.

Category: Agriculture › Animal Products

Meaning: Food for livestock, especially cattle and horses.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The farmer bought fodder for the cows.

Category: Agriculture

Synonyms: feed

Meaning: Referring to animals that are allowed to roam freely instead of being confined.

Part of speech: adjective

Example: They raise free-range chickens for better quality eggs.

Category: Agriculture › Animal Husbandry

Synonyms: pasture-raised

Meaning: A tall building used to store and manage grain.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The grain elevator was filled with wheat.

Category: Agriculture

Synonyms: grain silo

Meaning: A building for storing grain.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The old granary was converted into a museum.

Category: Agriculture

Synonyms: grain store

Meaning: To break up and level land, especially for planting.

Part of speech: verb

Example: Farmers harrow the fields before sowing seeds.

Category: Agriculture

Synonyms:

• cultivate
• till

Meaning: To gather crops or resources.

Part of speech: verb

Example: Farmers harvest the wheat in summer.

Category: Agriculture

Synonyms:

• gather
• collect

Antonyms:

• sow
• plant

Meaning: A machine or person that gathers crops.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The harvester worked all day in the fields.

Category: Agriculture

Synonyms:

• combine
• gatherer

Meaning: Dried grass used as animal fodder.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The farmer stored hay for the winter.

Category: Agriculture

Synonyms:

• fodder
• grass

Meaning: A large pile of hay.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The children played hide and seek in the haystack.

Category: Agriculture

Synonyms:

• pile
• stack

Meaning: A young female cow that has not yet borne a calf.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The farmer bought a heifer for his herd.

Category: Agriculture

Synonyms: young cow

Meaning: The care, cultivation, and breeding of animals and plants.

Part of speech: noun

Example: Sustainable husbandry practices are important for the environment.

Category: Agriculture

Synonyms:

• farming
• agriculture

Antonyms: n/a

Meaning: A chemical used to kill insects.

Part of speech: noun

Example: Farmers often use insecticide to protect their crops.

Category: Agriculture

Synonyms:

• pesticide
• bug spray

Antonyms:

• fertilizer
• herbicide

Meaning: Farm animals raised for commercial purposes.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The farmer has a large amount of livestock.

Category: Agriculture › Farming

Synonyms: cattle

Meaning: A type of forage plant, also known as alfalfa.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The farmer planted lucerne for the cattle.

Category: Agriculture

Synonyms: alfalfa

Meaning: A cereal plant that yields corn.

Part of speech: noun

Example: Maize is a staple food in many countries.

Category: Agriculture › Crops

Synonyms:

• corn
• grain

Meaning: Animal dung used for fertilizing land.

Part of speech: noun

Example: Farmers often use manure to enrich the soil.

Category: Agriculture › Farming

Synonyms: fertilizer

Meaning: a woman who milks cows

Part of speech: noun

Example: The milkmaid tended to the cows every morning.

Category: Agriculture › Dairy Farming

Synonyms: dairy worker

Meaning: a rice field

Part of speech: noun

Example: The farmers worked in the paddy.

Category: Agriculture

Synonyms: rice field

Meaning: A toxic herbicide used to kill weeds.

Part of speech: noun

Example: Paraquat is banned in many countries due to its toxicity.

Category: Agriculture › Pesticides

Meaning: A unit of measurement for land area, especially in agriculture.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The farmer owns several pennorth of land.

Category: Agriculture

Meaning: A chemical used to kill pests.

Part of speech: noun

Example: Farmers apply pesticide to protect their crops.

Category: Agriculture › Chemicals

Synonyms:

• insecticide
• herbicide

Meaning: A place where pigs are kept.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The piggery was clean and well-maintained.

Category: Agriculture › Farming

Synonyms: pig farm

Meaning: A fenced area for keeping pigs.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The pigpen was muddy after the rain.

Category: Agriculture › Farming

Synonyms:

• pigsty
• paddock

Meaning: Food waste given to pigs.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The farmer collected the pigswill to feed his pigs.

Category: Agriculture › Farming

Synonyms:

• slop
• swill

Meaning: A tool with a long handle and two or more prongs, used for lifting hay or straw.

Part of speech: noun

Example: He used a pitchfork to move the hay.

Category: Agriculture › Tools

Synonyms: fork

Meaning: A large estate where crops are cultivated, often using labor.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The plantation produced sugar and cotton.

Category: Agriculture › Farming

Synonyms:

• estate
• farm

Meaning: A person or machine that plants seeds or young plants.

Part of speech: noun

Example: The planter efficiently sowed the seeds.

Category: Agriculture › Farming

Synonyms: sower

Meaning: A potassium compound used in fertilizers and glassmaking.

Part of speech: noun

Example: Potash is essential for plant growth.

Category: Agriculture

Synonyms: potassium carbonate