subsistence

n. existence, being; something which supports or maintains life or existence, keep, livelihood; state of being real

This article is about subsistence techniques. For the 2006 video game, see Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence.Subsistence is the food necessary to sustain life.The following is a list of subsistence techniques:Hunting and Gathering techniques, also known as Foraging:freeganism — involves gathering of discarded food in the context of an urban environment.gleaning — involves the gathering of food that traditional farmers have left behind in their fields.Cultivation:Horticulture — plant cultivation, based on the use of simple tools. subsistence agriculture — agricultural cultivation involving continuous use of arable (crop) land, and is more labor-intensive than horticulture.Pastoralism, the raising of grazing animals:Pastoral nomadism — all members of the pastoral society follow the herd throughout the year.Transhumance or agro-pastoralism — part of the society follows the herd, while the other part maintains a home village.Ranch agriculture — non-nomadic pastoralism with a defined territory.
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Noun
1. minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting; "social security provided only a bare subsistence"
(hypernym) support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance
2. a means of surviving; "farming is a hard means of subsistence"
(hypernym) survival, endurance
(derivation) exist, survive, live, subsist
3. the state of existing in reality; having substance
(hypernym) being, beingness, existence

(n.)
That which furnishes support to animal life; means of support; provisions, or that which produces provisions; livelihood; as, a meager subsistence.
  

(n.)
Same as Hypostasis, 2.
  

(n.)
Real being; existence.
  

(n.)
Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies.
  

Synonyms and related words:
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