farming, husbandry, agriculture - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

farm, raise, produce, grow - cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here"

farming, husbandry, agriculture - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

gear up, prepare, ready, set, fix, set up - make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"

knead, work - make uniform; "knead dough"; "work the clay until it is soft"

overcrop, overcultivate - to exhaust by excessive cultivation; "the farmers overcropped the land"

fine-tune, refine, polish, down - improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing"

sophisticate - make less natural or innocent; "Their manners had sophisticated the young girls"

plant life, flora, plant - a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

adapt, accommodate - make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"