often attributive
1
obsolete
: a sum or due fixed in amount and payable at fixed intervals
2
: a letting out of revenues or taxes for a fixed sum to one authorized to collect and retain them
3
: a district or division of a country leased out for the collection of government revenues
4
: a tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes
5
a
: a plot of land devoted to the raising of animals and especially domestic livestock
b
: a tract of water reserved for the artificial cultivation of some aquatic life form
a fish farm
6
: a minor-league team (as in baseball) associated with a major-league team as a subsidiary
7
: an area containing a number of similar structures or objects (such as radio antennas or storage tanks)
farmed; farming; farms
1
obsolete
: rent
2
: to collect and take the fees or profits of (an occupation or business) on payment of a fixed sum
3
: to give up (something, such as an estate or a business) to another on condition of receiving in return a fixed sum
4
a
: to devote to agriculture
b
: to manage and cultivate as a farm
c
: to grow or cultivate in quantity
farm trees for fuel
farm salmon
: to engage in raising crops or animals
Examples of farm in a Sentence
Noun
She grew up on a dairy farm.
Running a farm is hard work.
Verb
My uncle has been farming this land for 60 years.
My uncle has been farming on this land for 60 years.
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Essence, 22 Mar. 2025
The thousands of visitors who attend these festivals add an economic boost to local tourism as well as allowing local asparagus farmers to hawk their stalks and promote their farms.
—Yolanda Evans, AFAR Media, 21 Mar. 2025
Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2025
Carbon dating and analysis of a rock shelter in Honduras shows humans were eating avocados as long as 11,000 years ago, and began actively farming their trees as early as 7,500 years ago.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
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Noun
In South Carolina, where 55 Council chapters were active by July 1956, dozens of Black people were fired or evicted from their farms after the signing of a pro-integration petition in Orangeburg and Clarendon counties.
—Essence, 22 Mar. 2025
The thousands of visitors who attend these festivals add an economic boost to local tourism as well as allowing local asparagus farmers to hawk their stalks and promote their farms.
—Yolanda Evans, AFAR Media, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
Girls worked in kitchens and sewed; boys farmed, did carpentry, and practiced blacksmithing.
—Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2025
Carbon dating and analysis of a rock shelter in Honduras shows humans were eating avocados as long as 11,000 years ago, and began actively farming their trees as early as 7,500 years ago.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Farm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/farm. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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farm
1 of 2 noun1
a
: a piece of land used for growing crops or raising livestock
b
: a body of water used for the cultivation of aquatic animals
an oyster farm
2
: a minor-league baseball team
farm
2 of 2 verb1
: to turn over to another usually for an agreed payment
—usually used with out
farm out the electrical work
2
a
: to devote to agriculture
farm 60 acres
b
: to engage in raising crops or animals
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