Here are some important terms related to agriculture.

• Tilling – Tilling is to prepare and cultivate the land for crops.
• Sowing – Sowing is planting the seeds by scattering it on or in the earth.
• Manuring – Manuring is to apply manure (organic matter/fertilizer) to the land.
• Irrigation – Irrigation is the artificial application of water the land or soil.
• Weeding – Weeding is the plucking or removing the unwanted plants.
• Harvesting – Harvesting is to gather a crop as a harvest.
• Threshing – Threshing is to separate grain from a plant.
• Winnowing – Winnowing is to blow a current of air through (grain) in order to remove the chaff.

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