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
Synonyms
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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Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 11 Jan. 2025
So will Congress, through the farm bill, invest more into climate-smart agriculture, into precision agriculture technologies, into the things that shore up the economics of our family farmers and boost the competitiveness of the sector?
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 10 Jan. 2025
Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
Virtually all caviar is now farmed, after a global ban on fishing sturgeon in the Caspian Sea, and China’s entry into the market in recent years has doubled world production.
—Jack Nicas, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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Noun
But a number of large farms that distribute eggs around the country have been.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 11 Jan. 2025
So will Congress, through the farm bill, invest more into climate-smart agriculture, into precision agriculture technologies, into the things that shore up the economics of our family farmers and boost the competitiveness of the sector?
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 10 Jan. 2025
Verb
The founder is from Yemen, where his family has farmed coffee for eight generations.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
Virtually all caviar is now farmed, after a global ban on fishing sturgeon in the Caspian Sea, and China’s entry into the market in recent years has doubled world production.
—Jack Nicas, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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“Farm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/farm. Accessed 15 Jan. 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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