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   farm

   /fɑːm/

   noun

   • 1. an area of land and its buildings, used for growing crops and rearing animals: "a farm of 100 acres"
   • ▪ a farmhouse: "a half-timbered farm"
   • ▪ a place for breeding a particular type of animal or producing a specified crop: "a fish farm"
   • ▪ a place devoted to producing or promoting something: "an energy farm"
   • ▪ a collection of networked computers used together to perform a task too great for a single computer to undertake: "we are becoming dependent on companies with huge server farms"

   verb

   • 1. make one's living by growing crops or keeping livestock: "he has farmed organically for years" Similar be a farmerpractise farmingcultivate/till/work the landtill the soilrear livestockdo agricultural work
   • ▪ use (land) for growing crops and rearing animals: "marshes are being drained in order to farm the land" Similar cultivatebring under cultivationtillworkploughdigplant
   • ▪ breed or grow (a type of livestock or crop) commercially: "ostriches are farmed in South Africa and Australia" Similar growcultivateraiseplanttendbring onharvestbreedrearkeep
   • 2. allow someone to collect and keep the revenues from (a tax) on payment of a fee: historical "the customs had been farmed to the collector for a fixed sum"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French ferme, from medieval Latin firma ‘fixed payment’, from Latin firmare ‘fix, settle’ (in medieval Latin ‘contract for’), from firmus ‘constant, firm’; compare with firm2. The noun originally denoted a fixed annual amount payable as rent or tax; this is reflected in farm (sense 2 of the verb), which later gave rise to farm out meaning ‘to subcontract’. The noun came to denote a lease, and, in the early 16th century, land leased for farming. The verb sense ‘grow crops or keep livestock’ dates from the early 19th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. farmable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishFARM | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   A farm is a tract of land used for raising crops or livestock, or a site where a product is manufactured or cultivated. Learn more about the origin, history, and idioms of the word farm, and see how it is used in sentences.

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   A farm is an area of land used for agricultural production, such as crops, livestock, or biofuels. Learn about the origin, evolution, and diversity of farms around the world, from ancient times to modern times.

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   A farm is a plot of land that's used for growing food crops or raising livestock. A dairy farm might have cows and fields of grass for them to eat. Some farms consist of barns or other buildings, greenhouses, and fields.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishFARM definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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8. www.thefreedictionary.com › farmFarm - definition of farm by The Free Dictionary

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9. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryFARM | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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   Learn the meaning of farm as a noun and a verb, with synonyms and translations in different languages. A farm is an area of land where crops and animals are grown or kept as a business.

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