fur farming

Definition

Noun (uncountable): - The business or practice of raising and breeding animals specifically for their fur: "Fur farming" refers to the commercial activity of keeping animals such as mink, foxes, or rabbits in captivity to harvest their pelts for use in clothing, accessories, or other products.

Usage Examples

• (The practice of breeding animals for their fur.)
• (The prohibition of raising animals for fur production.)
• (The reduction in this commercial activity.)

Advanced Usage

• "Fur farming industry": the collective businesses and operations involved in fur farming.
  • The fur farming industry employs thousands of workers in rural areas. (All companies and farms engaged in this practice.)
• "Intensive fur farming": large-scale, high-density operations for maximum fur production.
  • Intensive fur farming often involves caged animals in controlled environments. (High-volume, systematic breeding.)

Variants and Related Words

• Fur farm (noun): a place where fur-bearing animals are raised.
  • The fur farm housed over 10,000 mink. (A facility for breeding animals for fur.)
• Fur farmer (noun): a person who operates a fur farm.
  • The fur farmer sold pelts to a luxury fashion house. (Someone engaged in this business.)
• Fur-farmed (adjective): describing animals raised on a fur farm.
  • Fur-farmed mink are often kept in small cages. (Animals bred for fur production.)

Synonyms

• Pelt farming: the raising of animals for their skins or pelts.
• Commercial fur breeding: the systematic breeding of animals for fur trade.

Related Idioms

• "Fur trade": the historical commercial exchange of animal furs.
  • The fur trade was a major economic driver in the 18th century. (The buying and selling of furs.)

Phrasal Verbs

• Farm out: to subcontract or delegate work (not directly related to fur farming).
  • They farmed out the pelt processing to a third-party company. (Outsourced work.)