Tilling

(noun.) cultivation of the land in order to raise crops.

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• Nowhere was there evidence of a man tilling the fields or performing any of the homely duties of the village. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• But as the Roman Empire grew, its armies absorbed its intelligent farmers, the tilling of the soil was left to the menial and the slave, and the Empire and agriculture declined together. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

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