dairying

[ dair-ee-ing ]

/ ˈdɛər i ɪŋ /

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noun

the business of a dairy.

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Origin of dairying

First recorded in 1640–50; dairy + -ing¹

Words nearby dairying

dairy breed, dairy cattle, dairyer, dairy factory, dairy farm, dairying, dairyland, dairymaid, dairyman, dairywoman, dais

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How to use dairying in a sentence

At the beginning of that time span, migrating farmers introduced dairying to southeastern Europe’s Balkan Peninsula, where residents embraced regular milk drinking, the investigators say.
Famine and disease may have driven ancient Europeans’ lactose tolerance|Bruce Bower|July 27, 2022|Science News
Rome is the centre of a large dairying interest, the cheese factory system having originated here.
Ocean to Ocean on Horseback|Willard Glazier
He now makes a specialty of dairying and has an excellent herd of Holstein cattle.
Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 2 (of 2)|William Denison Lyman
The chief occupations of the people in the surrounding country are dairying, fruit-raising, and wine-making.
Harper's Round Table, June 4, 1895|Various

Here he owns two hundred acres of alfalfa land and he is also engaged quite extensively in dairying and in fruit raising.
Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 2 (of 2)|William Denison Lyman
Then he is always busy organising various sorts of industries in the country—dairying, lumbering and that sort of thing.
The Major|Ralph Connor

British Dictionary definitions for dairying

dairying

/ (ˈdɛərɪɪŋ) /

noun

the business of producing, processing, and selling dairy products

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